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MU · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 06:38 Post subject:

Dougal uploaded more files, you'll find them here:

http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Desktop-Tools/gtk-themes/
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/Xfce-4.2.3.2/xfmedia/

Dougal might want to write something about them, so I hope it is ok to post the links already.
But they already have readmes.
Mark

Flash · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 16:10 Post subject:

Dougal, when I tried the xfce dotpup on my main machine, I was able to configure it with no problem. When I tried it on a different machine (with a 1360 x 768 LCD monitor and which dmesg says has a VIA AGP video adapter with a Twister-K/KT133x/KM133 chipset) it started with such coarse resolution (720 x 400) that much of the desktop doesn't show at all and I can't reconfigure it with the GUI.

I did notice there was something about how to deal with this problem, in the helpful readme you put in the installation. Naturally I didn't stop to read it before I installed the dotpup and started it. Embarassed

I was able to go back to JWM, but I'd like to use xfce instead. I don't know where to find the note that showed up after I installed the dotpup. What to do?

Pizzasgood · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 19:00 Post subject:

/usr/share/xfce4/dotpup-info.txt

I had to manually search that file out myself for the bit about the session manager.

So far it seems very stable. As of now I plan to use this in a slightly tweaked form in Pizzapup. If it gets glitchy between now and then I'll go back to IceWM, but I think it will be fine. My other computer is still running 109CE with your old xfce package (since May) and doesn't seem to have any problems either.

Very nice. Very Happy

Dougal · Posted: Tue 07 Nov 2006, 09:24 Post subject:

Dougal · Posted: Tue 07 Nov 2006, 09:38 Post subject:

Pizzasgood · Posted: Tue 07 Nov 2006, 12:47 Post subject:

I would have taken note, but I knew I could just deconstruct the dotpup if I needed it. When I said I "had to do a manual search for it" I was meaning more that I needed it than that I looked hard. It was actually in the first place I checked. Cool

As for the icons, you might be able to just replace them with small blank icons. Otherwise you could try symlinking them to Puppy and ROX's icons.

Flash · Posted: Tue 07 Nov 2006, 14:40 Post subject:

Dougal, it just won't work on my other machine. Sad

I tried every resolution I could find in the xvesa wizard. No matter what I chose, all I got was 720 x 400 or something like that, and all that shows is just a small section of what would be the full window. At least I can still right-click on the desktop to get the menu and try various choices.

paranoia · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 2

It would work perfectly for me, except the dammed thing won't start. Does anyone know where to find libxau.so.6?

Flash · Posted: Tue 07 Nov 2006, 23:01 Post subject:

No, but have you tried Google? Smile

john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1323 Location: Australia

Hello Everybody,
XFCE looks great on my Puppy except all the extra packages I've added Like Open Office, Real Player etc aren't include in the Xfce Menu and I can't access them for use.
How do I edit Puppy to include them in the Xfce Menu Question

Dougal · Posted: Wed 08 Nov 2006, 10:07 Post subject:

Dougal · Posted: Wed 08 Nov 2006, 10:23 Post subject:

john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1323 Location: Australia

Thanks Dougal,
It's taking time but I can now add the extra programs to the Menu.
Xfce looks excellent on my Desktop. Thank you for the Xfce Dotpup Exclamation

Eyes-Only · Posted: Wed 08 Nov 2006, 23:21 Post subject:

Hi John (and all),

The way I enter items into the Xfce menu is like this: I go into "/usr/share/applications" and you'll find a lot of .desktop files there. Open one for the category of your programme that you wish it to appear in. (Ex: If a browser open Dillo.desktop and use that as a template.)

Then I simply rewrite the file for my programme keeping the same "Category" and "mimeType" info near the bottom. When it comes to the "icon" you can usually write the pathway to the icon like this: "/usr/share/pixmap/<name>.png" or whatever and if you refresh ROX after saving the .desktop file under your programme's name, you'll see the icon show over the file. Usually the next time you reboot (or even if you reboot the Xfce desktop sometimes) your programme will appear in the menu.

While this sounds complicated and time-consuming it really IS NOT. Takes me just a minute. Smile

Another way to do it is to add the programme to the launcher at the bottom. If you right-click on an icon you can add an "arrow extender" to the side of that icon where you may add even more links. I have all my internet things under one, text editors under another, so on and so forth.

I hope these two ideas help?

Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

Pizzasgood · Posted: Thu 09 Nov 2006, 01:45 Post subject:

I'm going to try out the XDG thing when I get a chance, because the idea behind it has always appealed to me. Many times, though, I don't even bother with a menu. I just open a terminal and start the program from there.