Brand new MXFluxbox install - Wallpaper questions

[unklebonehead]

This morning I did a nuke & pave on my MX FLuxbox in order to start over. Since it was previously installed over the top of AV Linux. Figured this would be the best way to get back to the basics and learn Fluxbox from the ground up. I've got questions about the wallpaper handler Nitrogen.

1.) It lets me add new directories just fine but will not display those directories. Is there a way to do a force refresh of the wallpapers that are displayed in Nitrogen?
2.) Other times I've Nitrogen (other desktops/window mangers) it allows me to set different wallpapers for different monitors. But with MX Fluxbox it is only 1 that spans both monitors. Is this a fluxbox thing itself or is it a setting specific to MX version of fluxbox?

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System:    Kernel: 5.16.0-5mx-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16.0-5mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_fluxbox_x64 Wildflower Oct 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X370 Killer SLI/ac serial: <filter> 
           UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P5.80 date: 12/25/2019 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter> 
           charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: N/A 
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
           family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701013 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
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           Speed: 2194 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2194 
           2: 2194 3: 2792 4: 1863 5: 2193 6: 2120 7: 2194 8: 2195 9: 2194 10: 2199 11: 2195 
           12: 2189 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Baffin [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] vendor: Gigabyte 
           driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67ff class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Generalplus USB WEBCAM type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 1b3f:1167 class-ID: 0102 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3520x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 931x285mm (36.7x11.2") 
           s-diag: 974mm (38.3") 
           Monitor-1: DisplayPort-0 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 443x249mm (17.4x9.8") 
           diag: 508mm (20") 
           Monitor-2: HDMI-A-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 531x298mm (20.9x11.7") 
           diag: 609mm (24") 
           OpenGL: 
           renderer: Radeon RX 560 Series (POLARIS11 DRM 3.44.0 5.16.0-5mx-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] 
           vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0 
           class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-3: Generalplus USB WEBCAM type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 1b3f:1167 class-ID: 0102 
           Device-4: ZOOM R16 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 1686:00dd 
           class-ID: ff00 
           Device-5: AKAI Professional M.I. LPK25 MIDI Keyboard type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio 
           bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 09e8:0076 class-ID: 0103 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.0-5mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.17 running: no 
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           modules: wl bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel port: f000 
           bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2 
           sub-v: 1100 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 1100 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff 
           link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.52 GiB used: 11.24 GiB (1.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P5SSD8 size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD 
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           ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P5SSD8 size: 465.76 GiB 
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           serial: <filter> rev: P4CR324 temp: 25.9 C scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 457.75 GiB size: 449.5 GiB (98.20%) used: 11.24 GiB (2.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4 
Sensors:   Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured? 
Repos:     Packages: 1912 note: see --pkg apt: 1908 lib: 920 flatpak: 4 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list 
           1: deb https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main
Info:      Processes: 321 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 6 Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 1.53 GiB (9.8%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: quick-system-info-mx 
           inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[Jerry3904]

1. Not just close and restart, or log out/in? I've never had trouble with this mself.
2. I don't really know since I've never used multiple monitors. I seem to recall seeing solutions to the question--do you see a "Screen" pull-down menu at the bottom of the main screen that displays the available wallpapers next to the scale menu on the left edge?

[unklebonehead]

Hi Jerry.
Ive done log out/in and even rebooted.
There is only the scaling options, set color then preferences and the apply button at the bottom. On others there is a button with screen1, screen2 and full options.

I did find a solution on the Arch wiki says to delete the nitrogen directory in the .config so it will make a new one on the next app start. Did that and I was able to get it to show my added directories.

Only thing I havent tried yet is to uninstall and reinstall Nitrogen.

[unklebonehead]

Unintall/Install of nitrogen didnt fix it.

Could the mxfb-separate-backgrounds be affecting it?

[Jerry3904]

Might well, yup.

[unklebonehead]

I cant get the separate backgrounds to do anything. Click on it and it does nothing.
I'm gonna go back to KDE or i3. I dont think fluxbox is gonna work for my situation as much as I want it too.

[Jerry3904]

Okey dokey.

For the next reader of this thread: you have to relaunch the separate backgrounds app to cancel it.

[wdscharff]

I have shown corresponding pictures before, dual monitor operation under Fluxbox with Nitrogen is no problem.
Whether one image over both, or each monitor its own.

or each monitor its own.



edit PS: Preventive: The Tint2 panel(s) can also be distributed on the monitors as you wish