Fluxbox Windowmanager

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#31 Post by Rupp »

dejan555 wrote:OK, since I booted 5.2 to compile pidgin I installed aragon's 1.3.1 pet this times and had crash on same action. It really is very fast, I think much faster then fbpanel/openbox combo they have in 5.x and I like aragon's green theme mod too.
Dejan,

Did you enable logging with fluxbox, to see if it showed the error?

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#32 Post by dejan555 »

No Rupp, I'll check how to do that.
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#33 Post by aragon »

can confirm the crash on deiconifiing for 4.31. have reported the issue to the bugtracker.

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#34 Post by dejan555 »

Thanks aragon.
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#35 Post by Eyes-Only »

Hmm... now that makes me wonder why it is that I'm the only one not experiencing that crash? - now on two systems, my Luci-252 and my ClassicPup-214X?

I guess I'm always the lucky one, eh? :?

@Grimoire: You'd asked if this Fluxbox would work in other builds aside from 4.3.1 I believe? ( See page 2 of this thread. ) By all means, yes! :D And by my account and usage of 3 to 4 hours a day, it works great! This has been the fastest, best, Fluxbox install I've ever used on any distro BAR NONE!

HTH?

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#36 Post by aragon »

Eyes-Only wrote:Hmm... now that makes me wonder why it is that I'm the only one not experiencing that crash? - now on two systems, my Luci-252 and my ClassicPup-214X?

I guess I'm always the lucky one, eh? :?
seems so, i've tested it on my arch-install and bingo bug reproducable.

bug-tracker says it's solved, so i'll try to build thi git-version and report back...

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#37 Post by Rupp »

aragon wrote:
seems so, i've tested it on my arch-install and bingo bug reproducable.
I never had that problem on my Arch install.

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#38 Post by Eyes-Only »

Hmm... well then, if I'm not experiencing any of the problems on any of my Puppy installs ( from hard drive to frugals to Luci-252 back to ClassPup-214X and everything in between I might add ), then what should I do Aragon? Should I do - as the old saying goes in English, "just let sleeping dogs lie" and leave well enough alone? Or instead, should I go and uninstall my 1.3.0 and upgrade with whatever you are going to come out with next - supposedly solving the problem from bugtracker?

BTW: The system all these Pups/puplets are running upon is an OLD ( approx. 8 or 9 y.o. if not older ) DELL 2400, 2.4gigs "Celery" processor, 512megs of RAM/1gig SWAP with a 160gig HD with 4 partitions.

I hope the specs in some way help?

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#39 Post by `f00 »

..my weekend activity is slated (enough fooling around, afterstep 2211 can wait since it needs compile and some real attention to bring it to a meeting place while ede is getting there albeit slowly there are personal targets being ranged).

c'mon dogs, let's see if there's anything to these flux dux …

___addenda (scouting the marsh) `110319/20___
w020 (multisession)
Kind of a bust-out (since I decided to keep fluxbox-1.0.0 'just in case' .. moved and renamed all components of that version). Extracted fluxbox-1.3.1 and the mans (truly don't like dotpet automation) and started from prompt. Not too usable, but not a disaster either. Took a look at some of the readable stuff and made a few adjustments, spent some time with both 1.0.0 and 1.3.1 and for me it's not much gained at this point in time. 100 'just works' while I'd have to sit down with a clear guide to what's new or been changed in the 131 init. For example, window and context menus (such as for client list and toolbar buttons) aren't even showing in 131 for me - root+base menu is functional after a copyover from the 100's root dir (after the initial startup, I didn't have much faith in what the updaters could accomplish). embed'd image as a link to a bigger different image (only 61k) follows:
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After a reboot/save, repeated minimizing/restoring from the client menu or by lxpanel (group by wincmd/individual by taskbuttons) results in no issues with dropping out of X (tad clumsy having to use lxpanel for missing window/context menus in flux). Early on it did somewhat erratically drop out (before the reboot/save) but there was no consistent pattern I could see. The 'graphical' rootmenu with icons is fine with an older imlib2-1.4.0 so didn't use the new package (have tried that in other pups and sometimes there are issues with other apps that seem to prefer the older imlib).

___addenda2 (lunch in the field) `110323___
mp520 (ephemeral 1stlook)
Everything seems kopacetic, no real issues with a fresh install (my bad on the above, but there should be a way to have two separate versions .. maybe a 'remote' or somesuch to ensure the proper match at startup of different inits). Without getting too invested in a throwaway install (mp520 and 511 have some minor menu-issues that annoy me when using other wms), it's all good with the window/taskbutton context menus now .. oddly enough there seems to be no context menus for apps in the workspace/client menu now (there was such on fluxbox-1.0.0 link to example here @268k for clarification, on that particular install the menu was a popup) but there could be some interaction with all the various config items.

No crashing at all with repeated deiconifying from the workspace/client menu (but since no context menus for apps in that menu-list, re-iconifying is done by taskbutton or from the window's titlebar button or context menu)

Readily accepts realtime manual menu editing - something I usually do to get icons in and my own base mods (in macpup any wms that use a puppy-standard xdg rootmenu may likely have to be manually edited anyway to take care of an annoying anomaly). Can be slightly balky to get correct as-intended style looks (active/passive text-fgs in menus may not look right until a simple [restart]).
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#40 Post by aragon »

@eyes-only: i will post the same package with the bugfix,so i think there should be no problem in upgrading.

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#41 Post by aragon »

Uploaded bugfix-release that solves the crashes on icon-menu to the first post.

@eyes-only: if you got no crashes, you don't need to install.

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#42 Post by Eyes-Only »

I've been away for quite some time and so unable to follow up on this thread unfortunately. :cry: Thanks for the heads up Aragon! While ATM I'm literally drowning in emails and catch-up items I'll download the updates on page numero uno and get those installed ASAP barring any impending disaster I may cause on my end here. LOL!!

Again Aragon, thanks muchly for all your hard work and dedication ( and to all you others reading as well! ) when it comes to the Puppy Community.

Cheers/Amicalement!

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EDIT #1: LOL! Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could READ? I see now what I missed in your last post Aragon - that I DON'T have to install if having no problems, etc.

Still, however, I think I'll d/load the updates just so as to have them on my backup DVD. Good idea me thinks! ;)
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#43 Post by dejan555 »

Well I compiled current git version and couldn't crash it so far so I guess they solved the bug. If anyone wants pet for 215 CE let me know (running this version on my laptop :P )
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#44 Post by Masf »

Help me please

The installation was successful, but when i restart puppy I see the original menu bar.

Can be fixing going to promnt and written "XWin startfluxbox", but I like not having to do it every time.

there is an image:
http://img59.imageshack.us/i/image1nn.png/

Also, the option to change window manager in the menu (desktop/desktop settings/WM switcher switch between windowmanagers) don`t do anything.

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#45 Post by aragon »

hi masf, the problem is, that you have fluxbox and an independant panel running at the same time. the panel in your pic might be fbpanel.

to work around this problem please do the following:

1. copy /root/.xinitrc to /root/.xinitrcSAVE
2. open /root/.xinitrc in an editor
3. Look for a part that looks like the following (in my version line 138 ff)

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#v3.95 support fbpanel tray/taskbar...
#only launch tray for w.m. without inbuilt tray...
if [ "$CURRENTWM" != "jwm" -a "$CURRENTWM" != "icewm" ];then
 [ -f /usr/bin/fbpanel ] && fbpanel &
 [ -f /usr/bin/lxpanel ] && lxpanel &
fi
4, change line

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if [ "$CURRENTWM" != "jwm" -a "$CURRENTWM" != "icewm" ];then
to

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if [ "$CURRENTWM" != "jwm" -a "$CURRENTWM" != "icewm" -a "$CURRENTWM" != "startfluxbox" ];then
5. Save the file
6. Exit to prompt
7. xwin startfluxbox

the second panel should be gone.

if not, please post again.

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#46 Post by Masf »

Hi, i open .xinitrc and see this:

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#v3.95 support fbpanel tray/taskbar...
#only launch tray for w.m. without inbuilt tray...
if [[ "$CURRENTWM" != "jwm" && "$CURRENTWM" != "icewm" && "$CURRENTWM" != "startxfce4" && "$CURRENTWM" != "startfluxbox" ]];then
 if [ -f /usr/bin/fbpanel ];then
  #a bit of a hack: when 3builddistro runs fixmenus, which calls variconlinks,
  #which populates /var/local/icons with symlinks, /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps
  #is not yet populated (happens at first boot, from default icon theme)...
  [ ! -e /var/local/icons/home48.png ] && ln -fs /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/* /var/local/icons/
  fbpanel &
 fi
 [ -f /usr/bin/lxpanel ] && lxpanel &
fi
I find "$CURRENTWM" != "startfluxbox" in the .xinitrc file, so i dont do anything,

I must change the && to -a ?


Also, i change the placement of the fluxbox panel to "top center" and now i see the two panels.

Edited

In another line of .xinitrc i can see:

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CURRENTWM="`cat /etc/windowmanager`"
and the file windowmanager only have

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fluxbox
Edited (again :roll: )

I change "startfluxbox" (in .xinitrc) for "fluxbox" and it works. Thanks

PD. Im using lucid-puppy 5.25

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#47 Post by redandwhitestripes »

Hi guys,
I've loved FB ever since the old Fluxpup fork was released a while back.

Back then, each window had a tab and you could group them together by middle clicking (i.e. mousewheel) and dragging.

With this release I can't get that to work and I've looked through the online documentation and played with the settings.

Anyone know how to get those tabs back?

Also, sometimes when I bring up the bottom-left corner menu, I want to close it by simply clicking outside it, but I can't. Instead I have to hit the 'esc' key which is a slight pain. Can anyone help with this, too?

Many, many thanks in advance.

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#48 Post by aragon »

uploaded actual version to first post.

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#49 Post by starhawk »

Does not work in Wary511-Uniproc... on my thinkpad, it starts to load and dies almost immediately. No idea how to diagnose the issue, either, TBH.

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#50 Post by aragon »

Hi starhawk,

Sorry can't help 4.31 is the newest puppy i'm running...

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