Help me with these settings please? [SOLVED]

[kaye]

hello!

Newly installed MXlinux.

Kernel: 5.10.0-18-amd64 x86_64
bits: 64
Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.7
Distro: MX-21.2.1_fluxbox_x64 Wildflower September 18 2022

1. How can I make right-clicking the desktop screen show the usual stuff like copy, paste, etc. instead of the Fluxbox stuff like All Apps, Recent files, etc.

2. I prefer to use zzzfm instead of thunar file browser. Using zzzfm, I added a folder to
/home/user/ named myfolder. Why can't I see myfolder on the desktop screen?

3. I prefer the fluxbox toolbar over the Traditional toolbar. How can I edit the fluxbox toolbar or some things on it like the time format?

4. How can I have only one workspace? Currently it seems I have two -
W-1 and W-2.

5. In order to turn on the numlock upon booting MX-Linux, I edited /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf by adding this line
greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on
under [SeatDefaults].|
I'm not sure but it seems that if I do this, MX-Linux is unable to boot properly - blank screen, no desktop screen, i have to manually push the power button to turn off the computer.
So how exactly do I make MX-Linux turn on numlock upon booting / logging in ?

Thank you for your time.

[Charlie Brown]

#5:

Did you also install that package? If no:

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sudo apt update ; sudo apt install numlockx -y

On Fluxbox:

Add into the startup file:

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#Enable NumLock at login
numlockx &

[kaye]

#5:

Did you also install that package? If no:

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sudo apt update ; sudo apt install numlockx -y

On Fluxbox:

Add into the startup file:

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#Enable NumLock at login
numlockx &

Thanks a lot Charlie Brown. That worked.

[wdscharff]

4. How can I have only one workspace? Currently it seems I have two -
W-1 and W-2.

in the /.fluxbox/init file, unfortunately not collected in one place, the entries are a bit scattered. search term : workspace

[Jerry3904]

#1: right-click something that can be copied such as a file (in Thunar), a string (in an editor), etc. Fluxbox is a Window Manager, and there is no desktop per se.
#2: Root Menu > Appearance > Desktop icons
#3: Root Menu > Settings > Configure > Init (not easy to work with...); for time, search the file for %H or %I
#4: middle click desktop to see window menu

BTW: you might try helping yourself. There is a Fluxbox Manual (Alt+F1) and no less than 25 videos available.

[kaye]

thanks everyone. will now mark as solved