MX-21 fluxbox beta 1 feedback thread.

[wdscharff]

And now 2 more problems with my niche applications.
I use fbmenugen https://github.com/trizen/fbmenugen because it also puts icons in the root menu, it's more convenient and faster than if I had to do it myself :)
There is a problem in the meantime, you need :
- libgtk2-perl -- v2.1
- libdata-dump-perl -- v1.23-1
- libfile-desktopentry-perl -- v0.22-1

Which were also installable via synaptic in Debian 10 without any problems.
But with Debian 11 I can't find "libgtk2-perl -- v2.1" anymore, and so there are no icons anymore. The "rest" still works.
But for a menu without icons the mxfb-menu-generator is sufficient.

And something else I didn't find in Synaptic for Debian 11 : Ufraw
For me it is only needed for a niche application, the display of Sony ARW files in PCManFM.
Since gThumb as default image viewer in Fluxbox displays the Sony RAWs without problems, this is also just a nice to have and not a must be.

Any suggestions for a solution

[i_ri]

hello dolphin_oracle
fluxbox
The only problem with 1.3.7 that bothers me is the Slit Client list blanking if a dockapp is set to not visible then the menu list blanks out half.
Take me back to 1.3.5.
August 19 ceeslans' screenshot shows a full Client list with some not visible. is that 1.3.5 or 1.3.7?
Stray for pinta; to reduce and convert this image.

[Jerry3904]

I can not confirm that on my machine:

[i_ri]

toggle one to not visible
by clicking on an entry in that Client list of menu

[Jerry3904]

OK, I see that behavior now. It seems likely to stem from the fact that these are not independent clients, but linked within a single script.

You may be the only user in 2 years who has used that part of the menu.

[i_ri]

in my trials it is a 1.3.7 problem, not just for mx-dock. docks apps all. 1.3.7.
Thank you for finding it Jerry3904. (Last time you and dolphin said, How did 'e do that?)
I did wonder if this was the reason you went back to 1.3.5.
this answered that.
I was happy to see mx-fluxbox as 1.3.5; oh well. I'd prefer hidden problems over this in your face bug. 8-| tenner' birthday is shortly in September ..

[i_ri]

menu-mx begin mx-fluxbox
I see a lot of begin Fluxbox in screencaptures (?)
begin wildflower

[trekolet]

Greetings and congratulations to the collaborators.

I just installed MX Fluxbox. As the liveUSB works perfectly for me, I used unetbootin to install it as my main OS. When logging in, the fluxbox appears with factory settings, no conky, no tint, or desktop background, even the fluxbox menu is the default. I looked at the packages and it is installed mx-fluxbox and mxfb-goodies. I managed to get the MX 21 configuration running rofi and looking for the MX Fluxbox application.

Observations and corresponding changes to solve them in my environment:

When the volume indicator uses the OSD libnotify when changing the volume it gets slow (I am overpowered in hardware power). Changing the option to GTK + PopupWindow resolves.

The battery settings for the tint panels use xmessage which does not seem to integrate well with the desktop theme or fluxbox behavior. I changed it to notify-send and it works perfectly.

Client Side Decorations and the faded GTK scrollbars, both are active and personally I find them very annoying to use and break the aesthetics of the desktop. Both features can be disabled by editing the file ~ / .fluxbox / startup, locate the section where Qt variables are exported and followed by that block, place the following:

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#Disable gtk scrollbar auto-hide
export GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0
#Disable gtk CSD (Client Side Decorations)
export GTK_CSD=0
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk3-nocsd.so.0

The nocsd library was already installed in MX 21 Fluxbox, but it is not activated until those settings are loaded. I solved it this way because it didn't work for me to activate them from the .bashrc or .profile files. In addition, this configuration is linked to starting with fluxbox only.

Apart from the above, everything is going really well :)

[m_pav]

Why unetbootin and not our Live USB Maker? I suspect your lack of desktop customisations may have been a bad ISO, or a flaw generated by unetbootin.

[kobaian]

Bad news...
If I try to install nvidia proprietary drives, I get this:

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nvidia driver not available, check your repo sources

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Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 10de:0614 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           compositor: compton v: 1 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV92 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 

With nouveau I've got problems with screen-tearing. I'm trying now to fix it using compton. It partially succeded, but the effect is still not so satisfactory as in MX19 with proprietary drives.

In MX19 only with KDE nouveau works well out of the box. In XFCE it is possible to deal with a problem changing some settings. Dealing with noveau and Fluxbox is a really hard job... Hopefully I will not have to move to KDE on my main machine and stay with MXFluxbox only on laptops...