epplets and enlightenment

[Jpupuser]

Hello, I've just started using puppy linux and enlightenment. It seems quite good, and I got custom icons, backgrounds, etc to work.

Anyway, I was experimenting with epplets, and I can't open them! Every time I click on one, the screen crashes and I have to reboot.. Any ideas what is going on and how I can fix it?

Thanks for everything guys, and thanks for helping out a newbie!

[MU]

I think I added a script "startenlightenment", that should be used instead "enlightenment.

I set an environment-variable to avoid display-problems.
Though without it, they just should ugly, but not crash...

run
xwin startenlightenment
to try it.

The applets also need libGLU, wich is part of the libGL-package.
There are 2 ways to install libGL, with Pupget, or with a Dotpup:
http://noforum.de/dotpups/X11R6addons/OpenGL.pup

Both are different, so you might try the other one you did not use yet.

Does that fix your problem?
Mark

[Jpupuser]

Well, I installed both the OpenGL dotpup and the getpup. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a "startenlightenment" script anywhere. I tried xwin startenlightenment and it did nothing, so I tried it in the console window and it said:

bash: startenlightenment: command not found

The epplets are still crashing on me...

[MU]

copy this text in a texteditor, then save as "/usr/bin/startenlightenment".

Then make it executable with this command:

chmod 755 /usr/bin/startenlightenment

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash

XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS

exec enlightenment

Also try this command in a consolewindow, to see possible errors:
E-Clock.epplet

Please report the result here.

Mark

[Jpupuser]

Well, I typed E-Clock.epplet in the console window and it crashed. After rebooting, I created the startenlightenment script as you mentioned, and changed it to xwin startenlightenment. It worked, and I was able to run epplets, though I couldn't get them out of the top left corner. When I tried typing E-Clock.epplet in the console window again, however, it crashed again.

Any thoughts?

[MU]

Hm, it seems in the console, the environment variable is ignored.
You could enter the 2 lnes from startenlightenment manually there.
But it does not matter, as they work now.

To move them:
Hold the left ALT-key, and drag them with the mouse to the desired position.

Then hold the ALT-key, and RIGHT-click the epplet.
In the contextmenu, choose remember, and mark the "position" checkbox.
Next time you start E16, it should stay at the new position.
I encountered sometimes (seldom), that the settings are forgotten (when changing some themes? Don't know).
Then close them all, and reopen/arrange them.
I have no proper solution for that, but as I said, it happens seldom.

Mark