a window manager for the X window system
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Making Fluxbox look pretty
I'm trying to setup Fluxbox to look nice on my machine as I familiar with it and find it functional.
One thing stoping me from moving to it fulltime, while seemingly trivial, is that it looks ugly. I ...
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703 views
Fluxbox dual screen configuration
I recently set up a second monitor for my home computer. Through the use of nvidia-settings I was able to set up my two monitors. My second monitor is set up as a seperate X screen to the right of the ...
4
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1answer
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Is there a small, lightweight application to have desktop icons like on Windows?
I run Fluxbox with tint2 which I am very happy with, as I prefer it to running a full desktop environment, even a lightweight desktop environment.
On the other hand, my normal workflow revolves ...
4
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1answer
448 views
Alt+tab on Fluxbox
I've been using fluxbox on my netbook, and have been very pleased. That is, with everything but one feature. I would really like it if I could use fluxbox with the added functionality that when I use ...
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how do I enable fluxbox instead of Gnome by default in Ubuntu
I'm working on a VPS which I can control with PuTTY and FreeNX.
I don't have enough RAM for Gnome, so I want fluxbox to start by default instead of Gnome. how do I do that?
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How to put Network places and My computer icon on Fluxbox desktop
I'm getting used to Fluxbox and it is great... I configured everything (icons, keys...) but I have this problem... I can't manage to put my Netowork places and Computer icons on desktop because I ...
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Gtk theme won't apply in Fluxbox
I installed my Arch Linux with Gnome 3 and Fluxbox on top of it, and I use Fluxbox as the default, but I have this weird problem that I can't manage to fix. I set my theme for Fluxbox and that is ...
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“No package wine available” and “No package fluxbox available”
I'm running "Centos 6 64-bit" on a Virtual Private Server (VPS) (i.e. on the cloud).
When I issue this command: "yum install vnc-server wine xterm fluxbox vsftpd firefox vnstat"
I get some results ...
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Connecting to a WPA2 LAN on Ubuntu with Fluxbox
I'm trying to connect to a new network with Ubuntu 12.04 and fluxbox, and I'm not sure how to get it working. In the fluxbox menu there aren't any wlan-tools or network-manager, and since I'm not on ...
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Fluxbox battery monitor?
I'm using fluxbox on Arch, and I'm trying to put a battery monitor in the toolbar, next to the time.
gkrellm takes up too much space, and can't be configured in the toolbar, as far as I know.
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How can I use GNOME's keyboard settings in Fluxbox?
My GNOME keyboard settings do two main things:
Switch CMD and CTRL (I'm on a Macbook)
Give me a third level (for special characters)
This is really the only functionality I'm missing in Fluxbox. ...
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Fluxbox Sytem Tray adding more and more whitespace
My problem is, that some apps seem to remove their needed space in the system tray after remving the icon.
For example, when plugging/unplugging my AC, the xfce-powermanager icon changes and adds ...
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2answers
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Fluxbox, how to launch some applications in a specific workspace at startup
I would like to launch some applications at startup, but I want them to be in a specific workspace.
I can edit the fluxbox startup-script to launch those applications, but I don't know how to specify ...
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Fluxbox shortcut to open an xterm, or switch to an existing one
Is it possible using fluxbox to setup up a shortkey to say winkey+r that opens up a terminal (say xterm or whatever) with these properties:
If there is already a terminal that the working directory ...
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1answer
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I cannot succeed in using the fluxbox ResizeTo function
I often use a stack of terminals one above the other. And I've notice I do it always the same way, resizing each terminal window so as it occupies circa 1/3rd of the screen. I wanted to have a short ...
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Change Chromium from automatically launches Nautilus with the Show In Folder command
Chrome offers a menu for each downloaded item, in which one can Show in Folder the item. This menu-command automatically launches Nautilus at the desired location. Nice.
However, now my main desktop ...
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1answer
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Key binding of the Menu Key
I have the Menu key that I don't use. It's right under my thumb when I use the arrows... So I wanted to map it to the Insert key. (mostly because of its important use in vim)
I've been looking into ...
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1answer
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fluxbox keyboard switch german, greek (modern) and polytonic greek
Where can i find a list of keyboard-layout codes to switch between german, greek (modern) and polytonic greek in fluxbox menu?
vim ~/.fluxbox/menu
[begin] (fluxbox)
[include] ...
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1answer
170 views
Fluxbox borderWith on focused Maximized windows
Using fluxbox for a few days now trying to get things setup as I want them.
I added window.focus.borderWidth: 2 (and .borderColor: white) to my .fluxbox/overlay so I can easily determine what window ...
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How iconify xterm when it loses focus?
I am attempting iconify a xterm terminal when it loses focus in fluxbox.
I am following this wiki:
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Make_xterm_act_like_a_PC_game_console
And so far, I've got ...
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0answers
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Xcompmgr, puts child windows in the background
I don't know if it's related to fluxbox, but whenever I launch the transparency management at startup with xcompmgr -f it becomes difficult to use pop-up windows. They are all sent to background, and ...
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No gnome-power-manager command but it is installed on arch
I'm running latest Arch, have gnome and fluxbox and my main windows manager is Fluxbox. I wanted to manage my power settings in fluxbox and i added gnome-power-manager in startup but is says there ...
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1answer
249 views
Conky positioning?
I'm using conky in fluxbox on Arch, and don't like the position of conky on startup. It's pops up in the middle of the screen when I startup.
Is there a way to set the position of conky on the screen ...
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0answers
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Why is mouse freezing in FreeBSD 9.1 Gnome or Fluxbox?
I'm new to FreeBSD 9.1 and I wanted to install a desktop GUI environment. I first tried Gnome 2 since I am familiar with it. I appended the following lines to the /etc/rc.conf file:
hald_enable="YES"
...
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Fluxbox time is wrong?
I'm using fluxbox on Arch, and the time is displayed incorrectly in the panel. The time works in XFCE, so I'm not sure why it isn't working in fluxbox.
Is there a way to set the time in fluxbox from ...
