Changeset 5af003c5 for x/wm/fluxbox.xml

Timestamp:

12/10/2005 03:32:02 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Andrew Benton <andy@…>

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Children:

f27505a

Parents:

89abecc

Message:

Added some info about how to fix the Fluxbox themes

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5399 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/wm/fluxbox.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

x/wm/fluxbox.xml

@@ -126 +126 @@
       <para>If <application>Fluxbox</application> is the only Window Manager
       you want to use, you can start it with an <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
-      file in your home folder. Be sure to backup your 
+      file in your home folder. Be sure to backup your
       current <filename>.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>
 
@@ -135 +135 @@
 <screen><userinput>echo startfluxbox &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>Or alternatively, if you use a login manager like 
+      <para>Or alternatively, if you use a login manager like
       <xref linkend="gdm"/> or <application>kdm</application> and would
-      like to be able to choose <application>Fluxbox</application> at the login 
+      like to be able to choose <application>Fluxbox</application> at the login
       prompt, create a <filename>fluxbox.desktop</filename> file like this.</para>
 
@@ -175 +175 @@
       The syntax is explained on the <command>fluxbox</command> man page.</para>
 
+      <para>The themes installed in /usr/share/fluxbox/styles have not been fixed to
+      call <command>fbsetroot</command>, they still call it by it's old name, bsetroot.
+      If you want to change the desktop color with the theme then fix the styles (as
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>) with these commands</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@ bsetroot@ fbsetroot@' \
+      $(grep -lr bsetroot /usr/share/fluxbox/data/styles)</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>However, if you set the desktop color with the themes it creates a problem
+      for setting a background image. Fluxbox loads the themes after the commands in
+      <filename>~/.fluxbox/startup</filename> have been run, which wipes out the pretty
+      picture it's just set as your desktop...DOH! The solution is to comment out
+      the <command>fbsetroot</command> command in the themes like this (again, as
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>).</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@^ro@! &amp;@' \
+      $(grep -lr bsetroot /usr/share/fluxbox/styles)</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>You can still set any color you want as your desktop with an
+      <command>fbsetroot</command> command in <filename>~/.fluxbox/startup</filename>.
+      </para>
+
     </sect3>