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In reply to: dwm as default wm
ex_Koo
One of the best patches for me is autostart as I can keep all my dwm stuff, separate and I don’t have to use .xinitrc for autostart’s in dwm. I don’t use a GUI login manager as use I tbsm to switch between window managers.
~/.dwm folder
#! /bin/bash nitrogen --restore & dunst & picom --config ~/.config/picom/picom.conf & nm-applet & dwmbar & ##~/suckless/dwmbar/dwmbar.sh &In reply to: Openbox users group
stevesr0
[UPDATE: I believe the mechanism involves the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50×11-common_determine-startup, which references a user’s .xsession file. Since I don’t have a .xsession file, I believe openbox-session is used as a .xsession file. I found this info at https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/594213/xsession-and-startx-in-debian. Still interested in any comments, as I like to understand when things work in spite of not being built right <g>. (Also, this info might be helpful to people whose xsession DOESN’T work.) stevesr0]
To all respondents, I APOLOGIZE…for not being clear.
Openbox works GREAT!! — BUT it SHOULDN’T!!
because
I don’t have the “exec” calls in xinit or xinitrc. Nothing, NADA!
So, I am “complaining” WHY it WORKS when it SHOULDN’T!!
I type startx from a command line and BOOM – in one second, my (black) Openbox GUI is launched. I right click and I have a box listing a terminal, a browser, a file manager, a text editor.
Super terrific!!
So, as one might ask about a flying carpet – How come it is working??
Appreciate any enlightenment; thanks in advance.
stevesr0
P.S. in response to skidoo – I just looked at man startx and man xinit – I don’t have entries where it says I should. I also just checked man X, but that didn’t have specific configuration data.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by stevesr0.
In reply to: Openbox users group
Anonymous
So my question is how does startx use openbox-session to launch openbox?
man startx ^---> SEE ALSO section also steers you read to "man xinit" "man X"...https://wiki.debian.org/Xinitrc
https://wiki.debian.org/xinit
https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession.
http://forum.mxlinux.org/search.php?keywords=xinitrc
good stuff, informative, especially the topic titled
“Can’t login to MX linux, possible Xsessions issue after typing ‘startx’ into terminal [SOLVED]”In reply to: Openbox users group
christophe
@ stevesr0
Unless/Until someone who uses openbox has something “exact” – look at this:https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=114602
(When you type startx, .xinitrc is run automatically.) It’s saying to start openbox-session from .xinitrc, then that script starts the “startup” programs.
Here, there is a sample .xinitrc file:
https://wiki.debian.org/Xinitrc
My understanding is to change the exec line in the .xinitrc to
exec openbox-sessionthen letting the openbox-session script take you to the desktop.Again: if someone who actually uses openbox replies, then follow that. Othrwise, give this a go. 😉
- This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by christophe. Reason: code box
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
In reply to: Openbox users group
I have a NON problem with Openbox. I installed it from the repositories and it works. I boot to a command line and then use startx to launch my GUI.
My reason for posting is that the “exec openbox” that supposedly is needed to make it work doesn’t exist in the xinit or .xinitrc files. All the documentation I have read about launching Openbox point to the need for an entry in xinit or .xinitrc.
I do have an openbox-session file that does have an exec line in it. However, I don’t understand what launches it. When I use htop without launching X, it is not listed.
So my question is how does startx use openbox-session to launch openbox? htop shows dbus as involved with openbox-session, but I am unclear how openbox-session is automagically recognized as a program that should be launched when startx is invoked.
I am aware that this reflects my great ignorance of how things get launched – that is fine if I can gain some enlightenment <g>.
In my “defense”, I have spent the past hour searching for an explanation. If there is some “tag” that identifies openbox-session as a file that should be launched by dbus when startx is invoked, then that would enable me to search in a more focussed fashion.
Thanks in advance.
stevesr0
In reply to: antiX-bullseye-a2-runit_x64-full.iso available
Full install..antiX-bullseye-a2-runit_x64-full
repo error no release file on any server. deb http://mx.debian.nz/antix// bullseye nonfree nosystemd main
Had some error from slim about execute login. Easy fixed dumped slim and use tty .xinitrc Happy Days
With spacefm the first folder icon in the list is pixelated just for a few seconds.
Connman works just fine here.This may help you..
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Feh
Set the wallpaper feh can be used to set the desktop wallpaper, for example for window managers without this feature such as Openbox, Fluxbox, and xmonad. The following command is an example of how to set the initial background: $ feh --bg-scale /path/to/image.file Other scaling options include: --bg-tile FILE --bg-center FILE --bg-max FILE --bg-fill FILE To restore the background on the next session, add the following to your startup file (e.g. ~/.xinitrc, ~/.config/openbox/autostart, etc.): ~/.fehbg & To change the background image, edit the file ~/.fehbg which gets created after running the command feh --bg-scale /path/to/image.file mentioned above. One can explicitly disable the creation of the ~/.fehbg, by passing the --no-fehbg flag as well. To setup different wallpapers for different monitors one should pass as many file paths as many monitors are available. For example, for a dual monitor setup it would be: $ feh --bg-center path/to/file/for/first/monitor path/to/file/for/second/monitorIn reply to: How to autologin from console with runit?
The way I see your auto logging is just remember you need to start your desktop environment as well. What I do with ~/.xinitrc and adding exec i3.
I’ve never had anything auto login, I always like to login even from tty. I will be dumping all login managers as soon as I get my main system running and reinstalling hopefully this weekend. Which will also end my testing of antiX-21a as I won’t be reinstalling it.. And putting away my T430..
In reply to: Trying to Add IceWM to antiX-19.3 CORE – Stuck
Dave
I think this is likely because you are running via startx / ~/.xinitrc rather than through desktop-session (so the desktop-session command would not work). Will have to look into it to see if this can be made possible. That way the exit dialog can be independent of desktop-session if desktop-session is not running (no pid recorded in ~/.desktop-session). Seeing how you have desktop-session installed: If you run startx like
startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session icewm
Does the session start?
Does the logout button work?Computers are like air conditioners. They work fine until you start opening Windows. ~Author Unknown
bluedxca93
Hi,
am new to antix but not to linux in genereal.Downloaded the core to install it inside virtualbox.
First runs crashed. Almost i had given up at that point already but then i tought try failsafe maybe it works. And voila it booted up on virtualbox.
The login and text install was very easy despite being only text also it seemed very clean and the questions where very precise. The reboot to the command prompt worked without errors.
Then i did update the package list as you would do in debian . Installing slim icewm and xterm worked with apt.What did not work out of the box was setting the xinitrc for slim. That was expected and got it running adter reading the archlinux slim article some times.
Then i was very frustrated again second time after the required failsafe thing on first boot. There are antix packages for icewm that is great. What i don’t get though is why is icewm-menu-fdo binary is missing on antix. Without this using icewm is only a mess imho.
Is there anybody using icewm with antix and did install it from the core variant?And is there a way to set another application as rox as default file manager?
Despite these flaws that can be fixed trough configuration i m sure it runs very fast. Tomorrow i will test my install again. Maybe its only my fault thinking everything should work as in ubuntu.
kind and best reagrds
bluedxca93I just did a core install on my x220 antiX 19 core x64.
A lan connection is a must if you want access to the internet.
Use Safe Video Mode Thanks anticapitalista I forgot this one.
During the install I was ask (do you want to install packagers) said yes to this just to check my lan was working. checked upgrades sure was 52 upgrades did not install them.
Next said yes to Timezone setup my time zone. Nice screen too.After installing & rebooting
Logged into tty
Ran sudo apt update (worked just fine)
Then sudo apt upgrade (52 upgrades upgraded) I rebooted said yes to grub update MBR.
Back to tty and loggged in.
Ran sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg xutils mesa-utils xinit this was to get Xorg working as in GUI. If not you live in the terminal world. Also if you have an nvidia card install nvidia-detect as well.As I use i3wm I installed i3wm you may use fluxbox rox icewm etc just install what you use in desktop environments. And did did not install a login manager like Slim LightDM or whatever I went the .xinitrc way.
With .xinitrc their is no login screen just tty to start X11 after logging in type startx
sudo apt install i3 dmenu rofi thunar geany this is for starters just to give me a desktop. (If I used
- fluxbox
dmenu and rofi are not needed)
Now the above is installed I have everything that is need to get to my desktop and start X11
- NON of the below is needed if you installed Slim or LighDM
All I need to do now is create .xinitrc in my home directory and tell it what desktop enviroment I want to start which is i3wm in my case. With the command below.
echo “exec i3” >> ~/.xinitrc
Just reboot loggin from tty and type startx
That it really.
So Safe Video Mode do not work ?
I just did a core install on my x220 antiX 19 core x64.
A lan connection is a must if you want access to the internet.
Use Safe Video Mode Thanks anticapitalista I forgot this one.
During the install I was ask (do you want to install packagers) said yes to this just to check my lan was working. checked upgrades sure was 52 upgrades did not install them.
Next said yes to Timezone setup my time zone. Nice screen too.After installing & rebooting
Logged into tty
Ran sudo apt update (worked just fine)
Then sudo apt upgrade (52 upgrades upgraded) I rebooted said yes to grub update MBR.
Back to tty and loggged in.
Ran sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg xutils mesa-utils xinit << this was to get Xorg working as in GUI. If not you live in the terminal world. Also if you have an nvidia card install nvidia-detect as well.As I use i3wm I installed i3wm you may use fluxbox rox icewm etc just install what you use in desktop environments. And did did not install a login manager like Slim LightDM or whatever I went the .xinitrc way.
With .xinitrc their is no login screen just tty to start X11 after logging in type startx
sudo apt install i3 dmenu rofi thunar geany this is for starters just to give me a desktop. (If I used
- fluxbox
dmenu and rofi are not needed)
Now the above is installed I have everything that is need to get to my desktop and start X11
- NON of the below is needed if you installed Slim or LighDM
All I need to do now is create .xinitrc in my home directory and tell it what desktop enviroment I want to start which is i3wm in my case. With the command below.
echo “exec i3” >> ~/.xinitrc
Just reboot loggin from tty and type startx
That it really.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by ex_Koo.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by ex_Koo.
Hi,
I have recently installed antiX on a PC and as it’s based on debian I was hoping I will be able to manage the machine using debops (an Ansible-based host management framework). This framework however requires me to install the libuser package which fails reporting a conflict for the /etc/libuser.conf file:
$ LC_ALL=C sudo apt install libuser Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: gconf-service gconf2-common libboost-python1.67.0 libexiv2-14 libgconf-2-4 libgnome-keyring-common libgnome-keyring0 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libgtop-2.0-11 libgtop2-common libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 libqt5designer5 libqt5help5 libqt5script5 libqt5test5 libxklavier16 ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 python3-distro-info unattended-upgrades Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: libuser 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/273 kB of archives. After this operation, 2052 kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 148760 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libuser_1%3a0.62~dfsg-0.1_i386.deb ... Unpacking libuser (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libuser_1%3a0.62~dfsg-0.1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/libuser.conf', which is also in package desktop-defaults-core-antix 0.6.5 dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libuser_1%3a0.62~dfsg-0.1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) enki@gauss:~ $The /etc/libuser.conf file is indeed owned by the desktop-defaults-core-antix package:
$ dpkg -L package desktop-defaults-core-antix dpkg-query: pakiet "package" nie jest zainstalowany /. /etc /etc/X11 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.in /etc/init.d /etc/init.d/umountnfs-alternative.sh /etc/libuser.conf /etc/modprobe.d /etc/modprobe.d/hang-on-shutdown.conf /etc/modprobe.d/i915-power-saving.conf /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi-no-blink.conf /etc/skel /etc/skel/.Xresources /etc/skel/.config /etc/skel/.config/htop /etc/skel/.config/htop/htoprc /etc/skel/.config/xresources.d /etc/skel/.config/xresources.d/xcalc /etc/skel/.config/xresources.d/xcalc/xcalc.conf /etc/skel/.config/xresources.d/xcolours /etc/skel/.config/xresources.d/xcolours/antix.conf /etc/skel/.config/xresources.d/xcolours/zenburn.conf /etc/skel/.conkyrc /etc/skel/.conkyrc-lua /etc/skel/.nanorc /etc/skel/.xinitrc-custom /etc/udev /etc/udev/rules.d /etc/udev/rules.d/61-optical-polling-rules.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/90-fstab-automount.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/90-usb-semiauto.rules /root /root/.config /root/.config/htop /root/.config/htop/htoprc /usr /usr/local /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin/conky-colors /usr/sbin /usr/sbin/autologin /usr/share /usr/share/X11 /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/br-abnt2 /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/desktop-defaults-core-antix /usr/share/doc/desktop-defaults-core-antix/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/desktop-defaults-core-antix/copyright /usr/share/keymaps /usr/share/keymaps/i386 /usr/share/keymaps/i386/azerty /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/azerty/be.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/br.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/cz.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/gb.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/is.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/jp.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/lv.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/pt.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/se.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/sk.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/tr.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz/hr.kmap.gz /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz/si.kmap.gz Użyj dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents), aby sprawdzić zawartość pakietu. enki@gauss:~ $but it’s empty on my system:
$ cat /etc/libuser.conf enki@gauss:~ $Why is it installed by the default antix installation when libuser is not? Why isn’t it treated as a normal config file with dpkg asking me whether I want to update it? How to fix this?
Mandatory inxi output:
root@gauss:~# inxi -Fxz System: Host: gauss Kernel: 4.9.212-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Console: tty 0 Distro: antiX-19.2_386-full Hannie Schaft 27 March 2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: OptiPlex SX280 v: N/A serial: <filter> Mobo: Dell model: 0D8695 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A09 date: 03/07/2007 CPU: Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 type: MT arch: Netburst Smithfield rev: 1 L2 cache: 1024 KiB flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 bogomips: 11172 Speed: 2793 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2793 2: 2793 Graphics: Device-1: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus ID: 00:02.0 Display: server: X.org 1.20.4 driver: vesa tty: 173x43 Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root. Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC97 Audio vendor: Dell Optiplex GX280 driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus ID: 00:1e.2 Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.212-antix.1-486-smp Network: Device-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express vendor: Dell Optiplex GX280 driver: tg3 v: 3.137 port: e8a0 bus ID: 02:00.0 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 3.56 GiB (0.8%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST500DM002-1BD142 size: 465.76 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 455.45 GiB used: 3.56 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured? Info: Processes: 139 Uptime: 42m Memory: 990.8 MiB used: 143.7 MiB (14.5%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.36root@gauss:~# inxi -r Repos: Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free 2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free 3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free 4: deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 1: deb http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/dist/antix-workspace/antix/buster buster main nonfree nosystemd Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list root@gauss:~#anilkagi
Skidoo, thank you for the suggestions.
I just re-installed the OS and did as you had suggested earlier;
I would try to do the following:
A) List the installed packages:
dpkg -l | grep “<desktop>” | grep ‘^ii’, with <desktop> standing for e.g. jwm, fluxbox etc.
B) Write the command to remove them but do not confirm blindly!
sudo apt remove <packages from step A>
See what it outputs, e.g.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
and make sure (by inspecting it) that some additional stuff related to ‘Icewm’ is not removed as well.
C) If OK, then confirm and proceed with the removal.However, the same thing happened again. When I removed, everything went off. This time there were no DE-FM to show at all. The last time there were some hotch-potch entries. This time it was clean. I rebooted twice. I could boot into the previously selected Rox-Icewm without problems. But there were no entries on the menu.
Now I again installed the DE-FM with;
sudo apt install --reinstall desktop-session-antixAgain all the entries were back in the menu.
Now after that I checked the /etc/slim.conf file. However, there are no sessions listed there as suggested by you. There is one line, which has been hashed out. Here below is the contents of the file;
# Path, X server and arguments (if needed) # Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended # default_path /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games default_xserver /usr/bin/X11/X xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp -background none # Commands for halt, login, etc. on live antiX halt_cmd /usr/local/bin/persist-config --shutdown --command halt reboot_cmd /usr/local/bin/persist-config --shutdown --command reboot # Commands for halt, login, etc. on installed antiX #halt_cmd sudo halt #reboot_cmd sudo reboot console_cmd /usr/bin/urxvt -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue.net; exec /bin/login" #suspend_cmd /usr/sbin/suspend # Full path to the xauth binary xauth_path /usr/bin/X11/xauth # Xauth file for server authfile /var/run/slim.auth # Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off # numlock on # Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs). # Valid values: true|false # hidecursor false # This command is executed after a succesful login. # you can place the %session and %theme variables # to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc # depending of chosen session and slim theme # # NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need # to adjust the command according to your preferred shell, # i.e. not using desktop-session-antix: #login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session #################OLD COMMAND#################### # login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors$DISPLAY 2>&1 ################################################ #LOGIN COMMAND FOR DESKTOP SESSION BELOW# ############################################################################################# login_cmd setsid /usr/local/bin/desktop-session %session ############################################################################################# # login_cmd exec dbus-launch /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1 # Commands executed when starting and exiting a session. # They can be used for registering a X11 session with # sessreg. You can use the %user variable # # sessionstart_cmd some command # sessionstop_cmd some command # Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no # Note that this can be overriden by the command line # options "-d" and "-nodaemon" # daemon yes # Available sessions (first one is the default). # The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd # above, so your login command can handle different sessions. # see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources #sessions rox-fluxbox,space-fluxbox,fluxbox,rox-icewm,space-icewm,icewm,rox-jwm,space-jwm,jwm,herbstluftwm sessiondir /usr/share/xsessions # Executed when pressing F11 (requires scrot) screenshot_cmd scrot /root/slim.png # welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain welcome_msg (Press F1 to toggle sessions) # Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1 # session_msg Session: # shutdown / reboot messages shutdown_msg The system is shutting down... reboot_msg The system is rebooting... # Focus the password field on start when #default_user is set # Set to "yes" to enable this feature #focus_password no # Automatically login the default user (without entering # the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature #auto_login yes # default user, leave blank or remove this line # for avoid pre-loading the username. #default_user XX # current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to # randomly choose from current_theme BlueLines #current_theme BlueLinesLight #current_theme antiXIce #current_theme DarkCity #current_theme PrettyPink #current_theme SunnyDay # Lock file lockfile /var/run/slim.lock # Log file logfile /var/log/slim.logThanks for your efforts, Skidoo.
macondo
HOWTO: Basic Ratpoison Configuration
This is a basic configuration, I haven’t learned all the tricks to it but i do
know what works for me smile.Ratpoison (rp) is not for everybody, eye-candy, icons, title/taskbar are absent. It’s
all business, uses every pixel of space and uses 1 MB of RAM. Apps are maximized
by default. If you spend time comparing desktops with your buddies to see which is
prettier, stop reading, this is not for you.Gamers, devs, and all sort of miscreants love rp.
#apt-get install ratpoison dmenuBIND KEY
The way it works is: you press a ‘bind’ key plus another letter you
assign to a package you want to launch.The default keybind (or bind key) is C-t (Control + letter t) but to me, it’s
cumbersome and painful on the wrist or fingers. If you google you’ll find tons
of material on ‘.ratpoisonrc’ or ‘ratpoison configuration’.Other examples of bind keys are: C-z, C-a, C-d …etc
I found this article by Dion Moult which explains how to change the bind key to
the Caps Lock (the key next to your left pinky finger). It’s a very good
article, you should read it. It explains how to make the Caps Lock key your bind
key.https://thinkmoult.com/ratpoison-an-efficient-and-minimalist-wm.html
IMHO, the easiest way to configure rp is from another wm/DE you’re using at the moment.
Create the file .xmodmaprc in your /home:
$ touch .xmodmaprcOnce created, enter it with favorite editor:
$ nano .xmodmaprc
And paste this:
remove lock = Caps_Lock keycode 66 = F13Put xmodmaprc in your .xinitrc:
$ nano .xinitrc
Paste this:
xmodmap .xmodmaprc
LAUNCHING RP
You can launch rp from your .xinitrc, here is mine:Example:
#!/bin/sh setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp xsetroot -solid black xrdb -merge .Xdefaults unclutter -idle 2 & numlockx & xmodmap .xmodmaprc exec ratpoisonsave/exit/reboot
CONFIGURATION FILE
It’s called .ratpoisonrc, so you create it:$ touch .ratpoisonrcThen you enter it:
$ nano .ratpoisonrc
You’ll notice is blank, then paste and post something like this:
Here’s my .ratpoisonrc:alias term exec lxterminal escape F13 unbind k bind j focusdown bind h focusleft bind k focusup bind l focusright bind J exchangedown bind H exchangeleft bind K exchangeup bind L exchangeright exec /usr/bin/rpws init 2 -k exec rpws 1 exec /usr/bin/rpws init 6 -k bind F1 exec rpws 1 bind F2 exec rpws 2 exec xsetroot -solid black -cursor_name left_ptr bind semicolon colon set winname class set fgcolor yellow set bgcolor black set bargravity sw defborder 0 defpadding 0 0 0 0 defbarpadding 0 0 definekey top M-Tab next bind space exec lxterminal definekey top F2 exec xfe bind f exec firefox bind b exec brave-browser-stable definekey top F4 kill definekey top F7 exec mirage definekey top F8 exec hexchat definekey top F9 exec geany definekey top Print exec lxterminal -e scrot -cd 10 SOUND definekey top C-Down exec amixer -q set Master 5- unmute && ratpoison -c "echo Master Vol Down" definekey top C-Up exec amixer -q set Master 5+ unmute && ratpoison -c "echo Master Vol Up" bind d exec dmenu_run bind r restart bind w windows bind Escape abort bind q only bind b banish rudeness 12 #Run box (sudo and apps launching) definekey top C-space execsave/exit/reboot
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HOW DOES IT WORK?To launch a terminal: press bind key (caps lock) and the spacebar, a white small square will
appear , and the xterm (or whatever terminal you
specify in .ratpoisonrc) will appear. Ditto for all the other apps.You want to abort in the middle of an operation? Bind key + Escape.
Close an app? F4
Want to know what windows you got open? bind + w
Want to go to one of them? bind + the window #
Want to launch dmenu? bind + d
After every change ‘restart rp’ with: bind + r
What time/date is it? bind + a
Snapshot? press the key Print.
You miss fbrun? Control key + Space bar
If you want to split the screen horizontally: bind + s
Vertically? Bind + S
Go back to normal? Bind + q
alt-tab as usual OR tap the bind key twicePlay with it, it’s addictive.
Happy trails,
macondoPS: Contrary to common wisdom, you CAN use your mouse as in any other wm.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by macondo.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by macondo.
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