antix 19.2.1 32 bit, icewm, annoying graphic glitch

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uname -a:
Linux antix1 4.9.212-antix.1-486-smp #2 SMP Sat Feb 1 14:47:26 EET 2020 i686 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/debian_version
10.3

inxi -S

System:
  Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.212-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 
  Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5 
  Distro: antiX-19.2.1_386-base Hannie Schaft 29 March 2020

Posted for completeness, not that I think any it except perhaps icewm has any connection. 🙂

The fbxkb icon in the system tray on the right side of the taskbar shows an ugly grey or black rectangular border around the flag. See attached screenshot – ugly_boxed_flag.jpg.

I thought this was a problem with the theme, and found this post in google, from the old archived forum:
https://antixlinux.com/forum-archive/solved-icewm-changing-colors-in-system-tray-t6775.html

Tried what it recommends, mainly changing:
ColorDefaultTaskBar="#575757" in the file /usr/share/icewm/themes/My/Theme.theme to a value that matches the color of the other blue elements, logged out, rebooted, it simply never changes.
Some posters in that thread say icewm simply ignores that setting, and it only happens with GTK based programs, while QT based ones work, thus a bug in icewm.
A bug was filed with the icewm devs, along time ago. One explained in a complicated way why it isn’t their bug, but someone else’s, maybe GTK?, but never offered a solution or workaround.

So I ask has anyone managed to fix this, and how? Is it worth making a patch, and hosting a patched package in the antix repos, if the upstream icewm won’t fix?

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That is not a icewm exclusive problem. You will experience it with other WM, like JWM.

I also disliked the color background, and when I got fed up I simply stoped it from starting up and used the “Set System Keyboard Layout” from the Control Centre to change between keyboard layouts.

I am sorry I have no better solution. You could also install a different app to change keyboard layout that would host itself in the systray.

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Thanks Xecure.

I checked, and sure enough, it does the same thing in JWM. Interestingly, the border is thinner and less obnoxious in Fluxbox, but I wanted to use IceWM, both for some useful features, and because I have a theme I’m trying to refine.

In AntiX 17, there was another tray applet called XXkb, which may work better, but it doesn’t appear to be in the version 19 repo. Off to look for alternatives. 🙂

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lubod wrote:

In AntiX 17, there was another tray applet called XXkb, which may work better, but it doesn’t appear to be in the version 19 repo. Off to look for alternatives.

I use gxkb instead of fbxkb.

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AR wrote:

I use gxkb instead of fbxkb.

I’ll take a look.
In what ways do you think it is better for use on antiX?

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anticapitalista wrote:

In what ways do you think it is better for use on antiX?

When I first time dist-upgraded fresh installed antix 19.0 full 64 bit, fbxkb could not run at all (with some error which I don’t remember now). So I found gxkb as alternative. Now fbxkb works fine, but like @lubod I hate this ugly border around the country flag. gxkb has not such border and functionally is similar to fbxkb.

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AR wrote:

anticapitalista wrote:

In what ways do you think it is better for use on antiX?

When I first time dist-upgraded fresh installed antix 19.0 full 64 bit, fbxkb could not run at all (with some error which I don’t remember now). So I found gxkb as alternative. Now fbxkb works fine, but like @lubod I hate this ugly border around the country flag. gxkb has not such border and functionally is similar to fbxkb.

If it has not been done already, I vote to permanently replace fbxkb and the rest with gxkb in future releases of AntiX. If it is maintained and functions as intended of course. Which it is and does so far. 🙂

P.S. I am lubod, but have lost access to my old account.

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AR wrote:

lubod wrote:

In AntiX 17, there was another tray applet called XXkb, which may work better, but it doesn’t appear to be in the version 19 repo. Off to look for alternatives.

I use gxkb instead of fbxkb.

I had the same cosmetic problem, thank you for the hint, (I will use “gxkb &” instead “fbxkb-start &” too).

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gxkb is missing many flags – eg Brazilian.
marcelo would not be happy

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” gxkb is missing many flags – eg Brazilian. … marcelo would not be happy ”
Hello,
… Ok, I better see the “why” now.

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FI:
The extra flags can be put here (24×24 pixels):
/usr/share/gxkb/flags/

# OR here: Custom flags support
Put your flag images in .local/share/gxkb/flags in PNG format
with the names like <country code>.png, e.g. us.png, ru.png, ua.png
and the sizes of 24×24 pixels each

The list of flags for v0.9.0

$ gxkb -v
gxkb version 0.9.0
Features:
AppIndicator support - Yes
Icon cache - Yes

$ ls
am.png  cz.png         ee.png  fr.png  gr.png  is.png  lt.png  pl.png  ru.png  sk.png  us.png
bg.png  cz_qwerty.png  es.png  gb.png  hr.png  it.png  lv.png  pt.png  se.png  sr.png  uz.png
by.png  de.png         fi.png  ge.png  hu.png  kz.png  no.png  ro.png  si.png  ua.png  zz.png

https://github.com/zen-tools/gxkb/blob/master/README.md

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I know, but that is far from ideal for out of the box set up.

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One possible suggestion:

/usr/share/flags-common already has flags (in [langcode].png, 24×24 format) at least in antiX 19. If needed, just copy those files to .local/share/gxkb/flags

P.

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PPC wrote:

One possible suggestion:

/usr/share/flags-common already has flags (in [langcode].png, 24×24 format) at least in antiX 19. If needed, just copy those files to .local/share/gxkb/flags

P.

Good idea.

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Brazil flags in Fluxbox, IceWM and JWM.
Bandeiras do Brasil no Fluxbox, IceWM e JWM

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