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[Member tlaloc77]

ex_Koo wrote:

Running antiX 17.2 with i3 on T430 Lenovo I have xbacklight 1.2.1.1+b2 and backlight is working fine. Fn+F8 & Fn+F9 (non-systemd)

I also run Debian 10 on the same machine after installing xbacklight 1.2.1.1+b2 backlight is working fine here too.. (systemd)

It is the same story with my Lenovo X220 working with both antiX & Debian..

Thank you, but xbacklight is by now known to not work and the reason why it’s not working is also known. No point in trying further.

manyroads wrote:

I use a tool called ‘light’ not xbacklight in bspwm. Here are the keyboard shortcuts I use: XF86MonBrightnessUp light -A 10 –or— XF86MonBrightnessDown light -U 10

Details are here: https://github.com/haikarainen/light

I hope this helps.

It might – ‘light’ looks promising – thank you very much, I try this later. Just wanted to say that I had a look at url and read some about it.

caprea wrote:

Hi tlaloc77, I can’t help you with lxqt,
but did you already try to add kernel-parameters to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX-line in /etc/default/grub, like

acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor

on antiX ?

Yes, while trying to get xbacklight to do something, also “acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=” (nothing behind the “=”, this was also suggested somewhere). Meanwhile I forgot whether this was a tweak for xbacklight or something standalone. Anyway, no success with it. It might be worth trying with ‘light’, so thanks for reminding me.

caprea wrote:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110624/what-do-the-kernel-parameters-acpi-osi-linux-and-acpi-backlight-vendor-do

And thanks for this link!

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My inxi -zv7, inxi -Fxs and inxi -r are here: https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/a-proper-hellp/#post-2981

[Member manyroads]

I use a tool called ‘light’ not xbacklight in bspwm. Here are the keyboard shortcuts I use: XF86MonBrightnessUp light -A 10 –or— XF86MonBrightnessDown light -U 10

Details are here: https://github.com/haikarainen/light

I hope this helps.

Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"

[Member rej]

BobC –

I don’t use shortcuts and likely won’t be anytime soon. Normally the HP keypad is covered up to ease the switch from ThinkPad to HP keyboard.

The obvious logic/correlation did not occur to me until you posted the 2nd picture – was just focused in linear thinking mode, testing the keys as functional or not.

key “Super+Ctrl+KP_Begin” wingrid-center.sh # 5-Center window [Works – also re-sizes/re-shapes window]

key “Print” antixscreenshot.sh [works]

Trying to test these – how are these XF86 keys accessed physically – Fn keys?:

(Attachment of HP keyboard picture – maybe don’t have these keys?) Note – picture not complete attachment lopped it…
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key “XF86AudioLowerVolume” amixer sset Master 5%-
key “XF86AudioRaiseVolume” amixer sset Master 5%+
key “XF86AudioMute” amixer sset Master toggle
key “XF86AudioPlay” xmms –play-pause
key “XF86AudioStop” xmms –stop
key “XF86AudioPrev” xmms –rew
key “XF86AudioNext” xmms –fwd
key “XF86AudioRecord” simplescreenrecorder
key “XF86HomePage” desktop-defaults-run -b –new-window
key “XF86Search” desktop-defaults-run -b http://www.duckduckgo.com
key “XF86Eject” unplugdrive.sh
key “XF86Calculator” /bin/sh -c “galculator || gnome-calculator || xcalc || ( type bc >/dev/null 2>&1 && xterm -e bc -l)”
key “XF86Mail”

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[Member ile]

I prefer my old keyboards. my favorite is like your ibm and has a customised block of wood attached under the top edge for a kickstand. a bit newer, a emachine standard.
PS2. Getting away from the favorites as the newer machines have no PS2.
I have more ps2 keyboards than i have ps2 machines. good ol’ keyboards.
When shopping hands-on for a new portable pc there is little difference in the keyboards no matter the price. msi maybe. I have a hp portable with a great springieyish metal key keyboard. the thinkpads are good. old dell is good. I dislike those island chiclet things that turned from expensive to cheap.
The old favorites are PS2 and the old wireless eat batteries faster than quick. Have you ever helped someone with their computer to find that the markings are worn off the keys? all blank. I have.
New usb and inexpensive is better. New wireless the batteries last longer.
When someone asks me for a recommendation on buying a laptop, I say type on them and pick the keyboard you like best. What’s inside will be pretty much the same. Pick the keyboard you like. It is that important.
On the quest for more keys for more shortcuts, best of luck with that BobC, even with a keyboard roadmap i would be lost with the extra dozen keys.

[Member serenity]

I really don’t have a list of tweaks. All I was interested in was Max vertical and Max horizontal as keyboard shortcuts. The mouse shortcuts that I mentioned was basically obscura like finding an antique somewhere. I found it interesting. It comes automatically with icewm.

Anyway thanks all.

[Member serenity]

BOBC had already decided on your solution when I got xev suggestion. So I spent some time with xev and screenkey viewer programs. I am giving up on trying to find out cause. I must have spent 24+ hours on this. Becomes an obsession. Have to stop.

All my needs are met per your suggestion so why bang my head against the wall?

Here some obscure mouse shortcuts from reading various icewm sources on the intertubes :-):
1) maximize horizontal window via SHIFT + double click middle button mouse on title bar of window
2) maximize vertical window as SHIFT + double click left button on mouse on titel bar of window
VOILA

I have also defined keyboard keys per your suggestion.

Any way learned a lot but mostly relearned find + xargs combinatio which are extremely useful comvbination and take a while to understad.

For some reason on MX18.3 and Linux Mint everythihg seams to work shortcut wise

I like the low PC requiremetns and speed of AntiX.

Will reinstall AntiX. Who knows what I have done in trying to figure out cause of this problem. Simple changes to add back: keyboard shortcut and reduction of delay for boot counter in grub.

Out for a jog.

Thanks all.

I want to redefine some iceWM keyboard shortcuts and I tried redefining them in /home/User/.iceWM/preferences file via Control Centre>Edit IceWM Settings to NO avail. The changes do not take effect !!! Something overrides the keyboard shortcuts and current shortcuts defined in ….//.iceWM/preferences. They cannot be disabled by turning them into comments.

As an aside right clicking on title bar in a window displays a slew of shortcuts that seem to be set in stone. Where are these shortcuts set? Can’t rox set keyboard shortcuts as well?

There has to be a definition of global shortcuts somewhere.

It’s wierd in that the shortcuts defined in preferences when changed do not take effect. It also seems that there are some shortcuts in preferences as well that do not even fucntion as defined.

AntiX 17.4.1 Base space-iceWM

Thanks in advance

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Hi all. I’ve been using Antix on my secondary netbook PC for over 2 years now. Never been disappointed. However, I am a bit confused about how I add keyboard shortcuts to Fluxbox, because in Kubuntu I just type in “keyboard shortcuts” and get a settings menu for it. I’d ideally like to map a shortcut for xkill to the Meta/Windows and Plus keys, same as on my desktop PC.

Running antinataliX GNU/Linux 19.9 on my Compaq Mini 110c-1100
On my desktop running Kubuntu 18.04 LTS
The antinatalist antifascist childfree vegan mini-manifesto
Bertolt Brecht's beautiful poem, the Unconquerable Inscription.

[Moderator BobC]

I noticed on your antiX-OpenBox screens above you have a keyboard shortcuts area. Do you have a way to turn that on/off separate from the main conky so it could be used for a separate keyboard shortcuts help window that could be configured/toggled on or off?

It looks quite nice really, but don’t be mad if I stay with my IceWM. I would be willing to help do some testing if you need help.

On the subject of “personal preferences” if I could have anything I wanted, it would be a system setup with a complete theme, that was interchangeable and easily switched to another theme if the user had different preferences. Linux via GTK2 and 3 themes, and IceWM with its many themes have for the most part achieved this for those willing to dig into how to configure them, thankfully, although maybe not as easily as wished for.

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[Moderator BobC]

Yes, congrats, yours looks dramatically better than my attempt in 2014.

Did you build it in as another “Desktop option” like I did or as a separate ISO, or something else? Trying to build it in as a desktop option was quite complex for a neophyte at Linux scripting, because antiX doesn’t use things like tint, for example, so that meant it had to be used for openbox, but not for the other desktops.

Again, I appreciate you adding the organized keyboard shortcuts lists. Life is so much nicer when you know what keys you need to hit.

[Moderator BobC]

What would you say are the pros and cons of JWM that would make me want to use it instead of IceWM?

I have seen good looking JWM, ie SlakoPup 5.7.0 for example, but every time I have tried to configure a JWM desktop myself, it came out looking “cheap” for lack of better words. I haven’t looked at the antiX JWM desktop lately, since IceWM now seems to be actively being improved, and the antiX IceWM desktop is something I’m familiar with, I’m quite happy there currently. When 19 comes out, I will have a system already tweaked the way I like it, I’m hoping.

I liked lots of things about Manjaro, but didn’t like the systemd services where I had no control over what was running, the resulting slowness on lower hp machines, and that there were so many packages that had to come from AUR instead of pacman. I guess by using antiX as a base you would be eliminating those.

There are a few screenshots on the summary page. I like that they have the Keyboard shortcuts listed, but sad to see it took a 2nd conky to put it up there, maybe it would be good to put it up by default but have a key to turn it off/on

https://sourceforge.net/projects/kibojoe/

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[Moderator BobC]

Adding my newest, antiX19a2 screenshot and conky. Thanks to help from many. Each marked section of lines should be copyable, as with exception of the wallpaper control, its usung all standard antiX stuff.

# Standard antiX .conkyrc file
#
text_buffer_size 8000

# Note: delete the line above to disable automatic scaling with DPI
# on the live system.

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

short_units yes

cpu_avg_samples 1
net_avg_samples 1

out_to_console no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
 font 8x12
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
#xftfont gentium:size=12
#ftfont DejaVu Sans:size=10
xftfont DejaVu Sans:bold:size=9
#xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=9

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus, pcmanfm and rox desktops)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 1.0

#on_bottom no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 900
maximum_width 250

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
#border_margin 10

# border width
border_width 2

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white

color2 ffffff
color3 FF00AB
color4 yellow
color8 77ccff
color9 5599cc

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
# alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

gap_x 20
gap_y 40

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer right

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# if_up_strictness link:  up | link | address
if_up_strictness address

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti

# Possible variables to be used:
#
#      Variable         Arguments                  Description                
#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.                   
#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state                           
#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.                        
#  adt746xcpu                        CPU temperature from therm_adt746x       
#  adt746xfan                        Fan speed from therm_adt746x             
#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM        
#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be      
#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).     
#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered                
#  cached                            Amount of memory cached                  
#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color            
#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents                    
#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is      
#                                    bar's height in pixels                   
#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes              
#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one     
#                                    decimal                                  
#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays    
#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this      
#                                    takes a lot more resources than other    
#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted   
#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).  
#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval. 
#                    command         Interval can't be less than              
#                                    update_interval in configuration.        
#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on 
#                                    a file system. height is the height in   
#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file      
#                                    system.                                  
#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available    
#                                    for users.                               
#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file       
#                                    system available for users.              
#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size                         
#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space                   
#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in 
#                                    pixels                                   
#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev   
#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C  
#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)       
#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp 
#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the  
#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on     
#                                    your local computer.                     
#  kernel                            Kernel version                           
#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1     
#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for   
#                                    past 15 minutes.                         
#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example                
#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use    
#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from 
#                                    some server using your favourite         
#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.            
#  mem                               Amount of memory in use                  
#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use   
#  memmax                            Total amount of memory                   
#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use              
#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.         
#  nodename                          Hostname                                 
#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color                     
#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before 
#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output 
#                                    as text.                                 
#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)   
#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),        
#                                    requires Linux 2.6                       
#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color                     
#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line        
#                    (height)        
#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use     
#  swap                              Amount of swap in use                    
#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap                     
#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use                
#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example           
#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more 
#                                    information about format                 
#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on     
#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't 
#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times  
#                                    it has already done that before torsmo   
#                                    has started.                             
#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow 
#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)        
#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes                
#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one       
#                                    decimal                                  
#  uptime                            Uptime                                   
#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format               
#
#  seti_prog                         Seti@home current progress
#  seti_progbar      (height)        Seti@home current progress bar
#  seti_credit                       Seti@hoome total user credit

## antiX additives examples. Add below Text##
##Battery examples##
##${color}battery: ${color}$acpiacadapter, ${battery_percent BAT1}% 
##${color}battery:${color} ${battery}
#${color}ACPI Battery: ${color}$battery
#${battery_bar 11,0}
##Wireless example##
#${color}Wireless:
#${color}essid: ${wireless_essid wlan0}
#${color}IP:${color} ${addr wlan0}
#${color}speed: ${color} ${wireless_bitrate wlan0}
#${color}link strength: ${color} ${wireless_link_bar 7,50 wlan0}

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
# OS Text
${color2}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=36:weight:bold}antiX
# Time
###${voffset -20}${color}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=20:weight:bold}${alignc}${time %a %d %b}
# OS Version
${voffset -17}${color6}${font}${execi 60000 cat /etc/antix-version}
# Desktop
${voffset 0}${color6}${font}Desktop: ${execi 60000 printenv | grep "^DESKTOP_SESSION_CODE" | sed 's/DESKTOP_SESSION_CODE=//'}
# Display Res
${voffset 0}${color6}${font}Display: ${execi 30 xrandr | grep "*" | awk '{ print $1 }'}
# Kernel
${voffset 0}${color6}${font}$sysname $kernel ${alignr}${execi 60000 lsb_release -a | grep 'Release'|awk {'print $2""$3""$4""$5'}}${color}
# CPU model
${voffset 5}${color6}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}${execi 60000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -i 'Model name' -m 1 | cut -c14-43}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight size=12:weight:bold}${color6}${processes}
# CPU Temp
${voffset 5}${color1}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}${color4}CPU Temp: ${execi 5 sensors | grep "CPU:" | awk '{ print $2 }'}
# Top CPU % processes
${offset 10}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold}${color1}${top name 1}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 1}${font}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 2}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 2}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 3}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 3}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 4}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 4}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 5}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 5}
# RAM
${voffset 5}${color1}${font}Ram ${membar 10,60} ${alignr}${color6}${mem} ${color1}of ${color6}${memmax}
# Filesystem
${offset 0}${color1}Disk ${fs_bar 10,60} ${alignr}${color6}${fs_free}${color} of${color6} ${fs_size}${color}
# USB Flash Drives
${voffset 5}${color6}${font}${execi 5 lsblk -o name,label | grep "sd[c-z]"}
# Battery
${voffset 5}${if_match "${battery_short BAT0}" <= "E"}${if_match "${battery_short BAT0}" >= "D"}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT0} <= 40}\
${offset 0}${color3}Battery ${battery_bar 10,150 BAT0} ${alignr}${battery_percent BAT0}%\
${else}${offset 0}${color yellow}Battery ${battery_bar 10,150 BAT0} ${alignr}${battery_percent BAT0}%${endif}\
${else}${voffset -20}${endif}${endif}
# Network interface(s)
${voffset 10}${if_match "${addr eth0}"!="No Address"}${voffset 0}${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}Ethernet: ${addr eth0}${else}${voffset -20}${endif}
${if_match "${addr wlan0}"!="No Address"}${voffset 0}${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}WiFi: ${addr wlan0}${else}${voffset -20}${endif}
#${if_match "${addr ppp0}"!="No Address"}${voffset 0}${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}DialUp: ${addr ppp0}${else}${voffset -20}${endif}
${voffset -5}${color1}${font}${hr 2}
# Wallpaper Filename and Keyboard Shortcuts
${color1}${alignc}--- Wallpaper Info/Keys ---
${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=10:weight:bold:italic}${execi 5 DISP_WALLPAPER="$(cat /tmp/CURRENT_WALLPAPER)" && echo "$(basename "$DISP_WALLPAPER")"}
${color6}${font}\
Win+D - Delete Wallpaper 
Win+I - Invert ^v Wallpaper
Win+K - Keep Wallpaper 1yr
Win+M - Mirror >< Wallpaper
Win+N - Next Wallpaper
${color1}${hr 2}
# IceWM Keyboard Shortcuts
${color1}${alignc}--- IceWM Keys ---
${color6}Win+C   Conky Toggle
Win+S - Sleep
Win+KP+ - Vol+
Win+KP- - Vol-
Pause - Mute
Print - Screenshot
Win+Space - AppFinder
Ctrl+Esc - Main Menu
Ctrl+Space - DMenu
Alt+Tab - Window Selector
Alt+Esc - Go to Next Window
Ctrl+Alt+KP1-9 Relocate
Ctrl+1-9 Resize/Relocate
Alt+Space - Adjust Window
Win+B - Browser
Win+E - Editor
Win+F - File Manager
Win+L - Lock Keyboard
Win+T - Terminal
#${color1}${hr 2}
#Alt+F3 - Minimize
#Alt+F4 - Close
#Alt+F7 - Move
#Alt+F8 - Resize
#Alt+F10 - Maximize
#Alt+F11 - Fullscreen
#Alt+F12 - Rollup
${voffset 200}

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[Moderator BobC]

I figured a way. Here is the middle section…

Thanks to manyroads for getting this going and everyone for contributing with tips. I know mine is rather bland by comparison, but I like it…

I tried to add lines of docs to break it up and each marked section of lines should be copyable, since with exception of the wallpaper control, its using all standard antiX stuff.

# Standard antiX .conkyrc file
#
text_buffer_size 8000

# Note: delete the line above to disable automatic scaling with DPI
# on the live system.

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

short_units yes

cpu_avg_samples 1
net_avg_samples 1

out_to_console no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
 font 8x12
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
#xftfont gentium:size=12
#ftfont DejaVu Sans:size=10
xftfont DejaVu Sans:bold:size=9
#xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=9

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus, pcmanfm and rox desktops)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 1.0

#on_bottom no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 900
maximum_width 250

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
#border_margin 10

# border width
border_width 2

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white

color2 ffffff
color3 FF00AB
color4 yellow
color8 77ccff
color9 5599cc

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
# alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

gap_x 20
gap_y 40

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer right

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# if_up_strictness link:  up | link | address
if_up_strictness address

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti

# Possible variables to be used:
#
#      Variable         Arguments                  Description                
#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.                   
#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state                           
#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.                        
#  adt746xcpu                        CPU temperature from therm_adt746x       
#  adt746xfan                        Fan speed from therm_adt746x             
#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM        
#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be      
#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).     
#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered                
#  cached                            Amount of memory cached                  
#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color            
#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents                    
#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is      
#                                    bar's height in pixels                   
#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes              
#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one     
#                                    decimal                                  
#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays    
#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this      
#                                    takes a lot more resources than other    
#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted   
#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).  
#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval. 
#                    command         Interval can't be less than              
#                                    update_interval in configuration.        
#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on 
#                                    a file system. height is the height in   
#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file      
#                                    system.                                  
#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available    
#                                    for users.                               
#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file       
#                                    system available for users.              
#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size                         
#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space                   
#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in 
#                                    pixels                                   
#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev   
#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C  
#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)       
#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp 
#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the  
#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on     
#                                    your local computer.                     
#  kernel                            Kernel version                           
#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1     
#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for   
#                                    past 15 minutes.                         
#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example                
#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use    
#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from 
#                                    some server using your favourite         
#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.            
#  mem                               Amount of memory in use                  
#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use   
#  memmax                            Total amount of memory                   
#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use              
#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.         
#  nodename                          Hostname                                 
#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color                     
#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before 
#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output 
#                                    as text.                                 
#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)   
#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),        
#                                    requires Linux 2.6                       
#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color                     
#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line        
#                    (height)        
#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use     
#  swap                              Amount of swap in use                    
#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap                     
#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use                
#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example           
#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more 
#                                    information about format                 
#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on     
#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't 
#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times  
#                                    it has already done that before torsmo   
#                                    has started.                             
#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow 
#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)        
#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes                
#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one       
#                                    decimal                                  
#  uptime                            Uptime                                   
#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format               
#
#  seti_prog                         Seti@home current progress
#  seti_progbar      (height)        Seti@home current progress bar
#  seti_credit                       Seti@hoome total user credit

## antiX additives examples. Add below Text##
##Battery examples##
##${color}battery: ${color}$acpiacadapter, ${battery_percent BAT1}% 
##${color}battery:${color} ${battery}
#${color}ACPI Battery: ${color}$battery
#${battery_bar 11,0}
##Wireless example##
#${color}Wireless:
#${color}essid: ${wireless_essid wlan0}
#${color}IP:${color} ${addr wlan0}
#${color}speed: ${color} ${wireless_bitrate wlan0}
#${color}link strength: ${color} ${wireless_link_bar 7,50 wlan0}

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
# OS Text
${color2}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=36:weight:bold}antiX
# Time
###${voffset -20}${color}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=20:weight:bold}${alignc}${time %a %d %b}
# OS Version
${voffset -17}${color6}${font}${execi 60000 cat /etc/antix-version}
# Desktop
${voffset 0}${color6}${font}Desktop: ${execi 60000 printenv | grep "^DESKTOP_SESSION_CODE" | sed 's/DESKTOP_SESSION_CODE=//'}
# Display Res
${voffset 0}${color6}${font}Display: ${execi 30 xrandr | grep "*" | awk '{ print $1 }'}
# Kernel
${voffset 0}${color6}${font}$sysname $kernel ${alignr}${execi 60000 lsb_release -a | grep 'Release'|awk {'print $2""$3""$4""$5'}}${color}
# CPU model
${voffset 5}${color6}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}${execi 60000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -i 'Model name' -m 1 | cut -c14-43}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight size=12:weight:bold}${color6}${processes}
# CPU Temp
${voffset 5}${color1}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}${color4}CPU Temp: ${execi 5 sensors | grep "CPU:" | awk '{ print $2 }'}
# Top CPU % processes
${offset 10}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold}${color1}${top name 1}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 1}${font}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 2}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 2}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 3}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 3}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 4}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 4}
${offset 10}${color1}${top name 5}${alignr}${color6}${top cpu 5}
# RAM
${voffset 5}${color1}${font}Ram ${membar 10,60} ${alignr}${color6}${mem} ${color1}of ${color6}${memmax}
# Filesystem
${offset 0}${color1}Disk ${fs_bar 10,60} ${alignr}${color6}${fs_free}${color} of${color6} ${fs_size}${color}
# USB Flash Drives
${voffset 5}${color6}${font}${execi 5 lsblk -o name,label | grep "sd[c-z]"}
# Battery
${voffset 5}${if_match "${battery_short BAT0}" <= "E"}${if_match "${battery_short BAT0}" >= "D"}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT0} <= 40}\
${offset 0}${color3}Battery ${battery_bar 10,150 BAT0} ${alignr}${battery_percent BAT0}%\
${else}${offset 0}${color yellow}Battery ${battery_bar 10,150 BAT0} ${alignr}${battery_percent BAT0}%${endif}\
${else}${voffset -20}${endif}${endif}
# Network interface(s)
${voffset 10}${if_match "${addr eth0}"!="No Address"}${voffset 0}${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}Ethernet: ${addr eth0}${else}${voffset -20}${endif}
${if_match "${addr wlan0}"!="No Address"}${voffset 0}${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}WiFi: ${addr wlan0}${else}${voffset -20}${endif}
#${if_match "${addr ppp0}"!="No Address"}${voffset 0}${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=12:weight:bold:italic}DialUp: ${addr ppp0}${else}${voffset -20}${endif}
${voffset -5}${color1}${font}${hr 2}
# Wallpaper Filename and Keyboard Shortcuts
${color1}${alignc}--- Wallpaper Info/Keys ---
${color4}${font SourceSansPro-ExtraLight:size=10:weight:bold:italic}${execi 5 DISP_WALLPAPER="$(cat /tmp/CURRENT_WALLPAPER)" && echo "$(basename "$DISP_WALLPAPER")"}
${color6}${font}\
Win+D - Delete Wallpaper 
Win+I - Invert ^v Wallpaper
Win+K - Keep Wallpaper 1yr
Win+M - Mirror >< Wallpaper
Win+N - Next Wallpaper
${color1}${hr 2}
# IceWM Keyboard Shortcuts
${color1}${alignc}--- IceWM Keys ---
${color6}Win+C   Conky Toggle
Win+S - Sleep
Win+KP+ - Vol+
Win+KP- - Vol-
Pause - Mute
Print - Screenshot
Win+Space - AppFinder
Ctrl+Esc - Main Menu
Ctrl+Space - DMenu
Alt+Tab - Window Selector
Alt+Esc - Go to Next Window
Ctrl+Alt+KP1-9 Relocate
Ctrl+1-9 Resize/Relocate
Alt+Space - Adjust Window
Win+B - Browser
Win+E - Editor
Win+F - File Manager
Win+L - Lock Keyboard
Win+T - Terminal
#${color1}${hr 2}
#Alt+F3 - Minimize
#Alt+F4 - Close
#Alt+F7 - Move
#Alt+F8 - Resize
#Alt+F10 - Maximize
#Alt+F11 - Fullscreen
#Alt+F12 - Rollup
${voffset 200}

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by BobC. Reason: added doc to make it more readable
• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by BobC. Reason: put in finished version complete with pic

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[Member wolfen]

Hi, Kaye.

As someone said, there’s plenty of documentation in the antiX FAQ, this forum and elsewhere related to your questions, try your-default-search-engine-ing some. Anyway, I’ll try to give you some answers based on my own experience.

1. Why doesn’t my AntiX autoconnect to my wifi even after checking the box that says ‘Automatically connect to this network’?

Which network client are you using? Ceni is automatically connecting at each and every boot for me… Try that if Wicd or else is giving you trouble. Ceni seems to be bulletproof and very lightweight, by the way. 🙂

2. On my laptop, why doesn’t AntiX remember the brightness level? I have to always go to Backlight Brightness everytime I log in. Also, pressing the keys Fn and up (or down) doesn’t work for adjusting brightness? And Fn and right (or left) arrow doesn’t work for adjusting sound?

Same here for brightness level. I just added a backlight-brightness icon shortcut in the toolbar, and change brightness when needed from there. Anyway, you can try what is suggested here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Backlight. For sound adjusting by Fn+Up or Dwn Keys, try right clicking on the volume icon/Preferences, and check Hotkeys; that did the trick for me.

9. In connection to number 8, is 28Gb enough for root partition? Considering I will install Gimp, kdenlive, and blender, and VLC player.

I dare say it will be more than enough. I do indeed save some heavy files (movies, music, PDFs and so on) in my HD, installed some more stuff (browsers, VLC, even tried a couple DEs)… So my main home is 13 Gb, and the whole partition is about 18 Gb; do the math. 🙂

10. Can I edit the default panel to make it look how I want it? Where is it located? And can I do the same thing to other panels?

Sure you can… It depends on the desktop you will be using, but icewm at least has a rather customizable toolbar. But you’ll have to do that manually, mostly… The config file is located at /home/youruser/.icewm/toolbar . You can access the different desktop custom files by way of Control Center/Desktop, or just locate them via SpaceFM or else; they’re all hidden at the right place in your /home folder.

11. In the default panel, is the wifi icon purposely NOT shown? For what reason?

I dare say there’s no need for that icon… Conky gives you enough info about your connection activity, and once you’re connected, what else do you need? 😉

13. Can I add a quick launch in the default panel?

Of course, all the ones you need. As I said before, check the config files depending on the desktop you’re working at. I think once you see how the ones already visible are written, it’s kind of easy adding new ones. But ask if you can’t figure it out. 🙂

14. In another distro, my quickest way to open terminal is Ctrl-Alt-T. This can’t be done in AntiX?

You can configure a lot of keyboard shortcuts. There’s plenty pre-configured but “commented”, e. g., in ~.icewm/keys . Uncomment (erase the # before that line) in
#key "Ctrl+Alt+t" desktop-defaults-run -t
to open your terminal with that -or change the keys if it suits you- keys.

16. I noticed the grub screen has a background that is the default wallpaper of AntiX. Would I be able to change it to another wallpaper? And would I be able to change it to just plain colors (no pictures)?

I haven’t, but did you try Control Center/Session/Set Grub boot image ? 🙂

I hope some of the above can be useful to you. Anyway, I think this is a really great distro and deserves a try: bulletproof stability, really lightweight and fast. Enjoy, cheers!

[Member Hierax_ca]

Only had time to do a single install on hardware so far (Thinkpad T61s previously used for Antix 17.x Testing/Buster), here’s the issues I encountered:

– WiFi failed on Live USB and installed on hardware. Ceni gave “no values”, but then I saw this new-fangled WiCD replacement thingee Connan and while it didn’t work the first time after a reboot and retry it managed to detect the wifi and all is now working fine.

– Log-in Twice: have to enter user name and password twice.

– Conky Flashes on log-in: when log in the Conky is flashing on the taskbar.

– IceWM WorkSpace Movement Keyboard Shortcut failure: like 17.x Stretch version (but unlike previously using 17.x with Testing/Buster) the KeySysWorkspace#TakeWin= “Alt + Ctrl + Shift + #” doesn’t actually move a window to the # indicated workspace, it just changes the focus of the workspace. Hopefully this IceWM Workspace thing can be fixed as changing the preferences file doesn’t seem to do it. See this thread (https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/icewm-workspaces-move-window-to-workspace-to-and-launch-window-in-workspace/) for previous discussion of this issue. BobC did a lot of work with keyboard shortcuts in IceWM in this thread (https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/icewm-keyboard-shortcuts/) hopefully they can be incorporated in v19.

– Apps not installing from AntiX GUI Package Installer: idevice mounter, Adobe Acrobat, Inkscape, Finch, and Pidgin all didn’t install from the antiX GUI package installer in the Control Center, I tried all of them (except idevice) in the terminal and they worked fine from there.

– oh yeah, I was hoping to see AntiCapitalista’s nice minimal XFCE he showed somewhere on the forums here as one of the default desktops.

Sorry I’ve been too busy to look at it in depth yet, but overall things are looking great, especially for so early of a build — once again great work from the antiX team!

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Hierax_ca.

AntiX 17.x:
- (32-bit): IBM Thinkpad 600X (2000), IBM NetVista X41 (2002), IBM Thinkpad A31p (2003);
- (64-bit): Lenovo Thinkpads x61s (2008), x200 (2009), x301 (2009).