OpenBox Re-spin

[Head_on_a_Stick]

PCManFM, does it (its exo backend) ignore elections specified via galternatives ?

The XFCE preferred applications system (as controlled from exo-preferred-applications) is separate from the Debian alternatives system (as controlled from galternatives).

In BunsenLabs the two systems were unified by creating a new bl-file-manager alternative and then using that along with x-terminal-emulator and x-www-browser in exo-preferred-applications.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I was looking for a pixabuf fix. But it looks like both apps require gtk3.

The problem is with the Sardi icon theme, perhaps tell Eric about it, he would probably appreciate the feedback.

[manyroads]

if no joy with catfish, consider replacing it with "searchmonkey"

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exo-preferred-applications

PCManFM, does it (its exo backend) ignore elections specified via galternatives ?

@skidoo, I'll try searchmonkey.

[chrispop99]

Clicking the network icon on the panel shows the list of available wireless networks, but clicking the preferred network makes the panel icon disappear. Network manager doesn't launch.

Chris

[manyroads]

Clicking the network icon on the panel shows the list of available wireless networks, but clicking the preferred network makes the panel icon disappear. Network manager doesn't launch.

Chris

Thanks @chrispop99. I have only run it on VB (VirtualBox) no real network is required. I'll try to test using a wireless.... as soon as I can. If you happen to figure out a fix, let me know and I'll make the changes in the next draft release.

[JayM]

Thanks manyroads.

Is this 64-bit? I wondered if a 32-bit would be of interest to users with older hardware.

Chris

Hi Chris... yes it is 64bit.

I'm very interested in running this on my old netbook if either a 32-bit version is in the offing or if there's a script that I can run on the stock 32-bit MX installation that's on it to turn it into this Openbox spin. Thanks.

[manyroads]

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I'm very interested in running this on my old netbook if either a 32-bit version is in the offing or if there's a script that I can run on the stock 32-bit MX installation that's on it to turn it into this Openbox spin. Thanks.

Hi @JayM, I am using my minimal script to strip down MXLinux and then adding OpenBox.

Here's the stripping commnds:

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#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get remove --purge aisleriot asunder chromium-bsu chromium-bsu-data clementine clipit dconf-editor dict fbreader featherpad feh firefox galculator geany geany-common gimp gimp-data gmtp gnome-hearts gnome-mahjongg gnome-ppp gnome-schedule gscan2pdf gsmartcontrol gtkhash gtkhash-common guvcview* hexchat htop lbreakout2 lbreakout2-data libreoffice* lightning luckybackup luckybackup-data mc mc-data nomacs nomacs-l10n onboard onboard-common onboard-data orage pdfshuffler peg-e pppoeconf qpdfview* samba samba-common samba-common-bin samba-libs simple-scan smtube swell-foop thunar-gtkhash thunderbird vlc xfce4-notes xfce4-notes-plugin xfce4-sensors-plugin xfce4-taskmanager  xfce4-dict
#
sudo apt autoremove --purge

Here's the rest of what I'm using... notes & all.

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OpenBox dependencies:
build-essential
pkg-config
libpango1.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev
libxml2-dev
libxcursor-dev
libimlib2-dev
libstartup-notification0-dev
xlibs-dev
libxext-dev
x11proto-randr-dev

For Debian menu use:
menu
menu-xdg

Building and installing the program
Once you have the above dependancies installed, you are ready to build Openbox. You can obtain the source code from github.com (or as through tar archives (eg. linux from scratch)):

$ git clone https://github.com/Mikachu/openbox.git
Run bootstrap script to obtain configuration scripts

$ ./bootstrap
Then run:

  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
	...configure detects the build evironment...
 $ make
	...openbox builds...
  $ sudo make install
	...openbox installs...
If you do not want to install to /usr, then you should use ./configure --prefix=<whatever you want> --sysconfdir=/etc --datarootdir=/usr/share. If you don't do this, the Openbox log in options will not be available, because they need to be installed to /usr/share/xsessions.

If the configure command fails and the reason is not obvious, you should look in the generated config.log file to discover the cause of the problem.

For 64-bit distributions
When building Openbox on the 64-bit versions of Debian or Fedora, use:

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64
$ make
$ sudo make install

I hope this helps you out.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

@manyroads, why are you building openbox from source?

[manyroads]

@manyroads, why are you building openbox from source?

I think the best answer is... I have had better success with a source build of Openbox. Actually though, I'm having even BETTER success with antiX ....opps, wrong answer.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I have had better success with a source build of Openbox

Why? What was wrong with the openbox version in the repositories?

I'm having even BETTER success with antiX

Yes, antiX does seem like a more sensible base for a pure window manager like openbox.

All of their desktops are pure window managers so it seems like a better fit.