MX-21 fluxbox beta 1 feedback thread.

[siamhie]

There are two entries in the sub menu Settings that do nothing. Window Manager and Window Manager Tweaks. Looking at full_menu they point to xfwm4-settings and xfwm4-tweaks-settings. When run from a terminal, I get this.

siamhie@mxflux:/usr/bin
$ xfwm4-settings
These settings cannot work with your current window manager (Fluxbox)
siamhie@mxflux:/usr/bin
$ xfwm4-tweaks-settings
These settings cannot work with your current window manager (Fluxbox)
siamhie@mxflux:/usr/bin
$

I suspect they are a holdover from the Xfce/Fluxbox installation? Will I need these two entries in the future or can I just remove them from full_menu?

[Jerry3904]

I'm not sure how they get in, but I'm unable to remove them either in a terminal or in Synaptic.

[siamhie]

I'm not sure how they get in, but I'm unable to remove them either in a terminal or in Synaptic.

I can remove them from the full_menu file. Do I need them in the future?

[dolphin_oracle]

I'm not sure how they get in, but I'm unable to remove them either in a terminal or in Synaptic.

I can remove them from the full_menu file. Do I need them in the future?

is xfwm4 installed?

[dolphin_oracle]

ah, I see xfwm4 is installed on the beta 1 iso. it shouldn't be and can be removed. @m_pav @Jerry3904

[siamhie]

I'm not sure how they get in, but I'm unable to remove them either in a terminal or in Synaptic.

I can remove them from the full_menu file. Do I need them in the future?

is xfwm4 installed?

Yes. xfwm4-workspace-settings works, just not xfwm4-settings or xfwm4-tweaks-settings.

siamhie@mxflux:~
$ ls -l /usr/bin/xfwm4*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 412168 Jan 10 2021 /usr/bin/xfwm4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 113024 Jan 10 2021 /usr/bin/xfwm4-settings
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84352 Jan 10 2021 /usr/bin/xfwm4-tweaks-settings
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 145856 Jan 10 2021 /usr/bin/xfwm4-workspace-settings
siamhie@mxflux:~
$

[Jerry3904]

OK, not sure why it is there at all...

thanks to both, we'll get it out

[siamhie]

ah, I see xfwm4 is installed on the beta 1 iso. it shouldn't be and can be removed. @m_pav @Jerry3904

Will it be removed from the final release and those corresponding entries?

[dolphin_oracle]

ah, I see xfwm4 is installed on the beta 1 iso. it shouldn't be and can be removed. @m_pav @Jerry3904

Will it be removed from the final release and those corresponding entries?

it will be removed for the final iso yes. its not going to be removed automatically from any existing systems.

[siamhie]

ah, I see xfwm4 is installed on the beta 1 iso. it shouldn't be and can be removed. @m_pav @Jerry3904

Will it be removed from the final release and those corresponding entries?

it will be removed for the final iso yes. its not going to be removed automatically from any existing systems.

I plan on re-installing Fluxbox once the final release is out. I've replaced my SATA hard drive with an SSD and setup a separate root and home partition for the MX21 release.

I've gone ahead and removed these entries from full_menu.

[exec] (Window Manager Tweaks ) { xfwm4-tweaks-settings } Categories=XFCE;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-PersonalSettings;
[exec] (Window Manager ) { xfwm4-settings } Categories=XFCE;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-PersonalSettings;
[exec] (Workspaces ) { xfwm4-workspace-settings } Categories=XFCE;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-PersonalSettings;