help with blackbox

[mmills]

I have blackbox running and I would like a battery viewer of some sort for my laptop to see when I need to charge it also when i hit blackbox>restart, it does nothing.

any idea's?

[nolimit974]

gkrellm or conky?

[mmills]

I like Gkrellm, thanks for the input on that, will be installing that and trying to figure out how to install the milky skin that matches my blended skin for vlc :) thanks a ton.

UPDATE: Ok, I installed gkrellm, I found a skin i would like to install on it, but I dont understand the xterm lingo, Ive installed everything via "apt-get install" and not usning the package manager, using the console just makes it easier for me, but the ~/XXX I dont get

so can someone break down the how to install styles and skins for gkrellm and fluxbox for me???

[JohnT]

The Gkrellm homepage with a lot of info and links (http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html)
Fluxbox Documentation that works (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/html/) (for the most part...consider your distro)
A good starting page if your new to setting up Flux (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/download.php)

[mmills]

The Gkrellm homepage with a lot of info and links (http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html)
Fluxbox Documentation that works (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/html/) (for the most part...consider your distro)
A good starting page if your new to setting up Flux (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/download.php)


ok, so I stated I was lost with some of the extensions, from this potion of my last reply.

UPDATE: Ok, I installed gkrellm, I found a skin i would like to install on it, but I dont understand the xterm lingo, Ive installed everything via "apt-get install" and not usning the package manager, using the console just makes it easier for me, but the ~/XXX I dont get


the howto section uses ~/.gkrellm/**********
again, ive been out of the loop for 2-3 years on linux and that is beyond where i was with linux then, so if someone could break it down for me so I could understand it, it would be great, i have found all the howto's but there a bit confusing to a born again noob.

[JohnT]

Normally it points to your home directory.

[mmills]

Normally it points to your home directory.

Well, I put a skin in my home directory, but what is the command I need to use?

do I need to make the path /home/username/.gkrellm/themes ?

[glasdave]

I right clicked gkrellM,hit f1 and got to the config areas, and went to themes, and in the info box it says, "Untar your theme tar files in /home/your dir here/.grellm2/themes" so, I think the file already exists.

[JohnT]

The sum total of my Ggkrellm knowledge is now yours to have to hold from this day forth......Here (http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/Themes.html)

[mmills]

I right clicked gkrellM,hit f1 and got to the config areas, and went to themes, and in the info box it says, "Untar your theme tar files in /home/your dir here/.grellm2/themes" so, I think the file already exists.

i guess i have failed in explaining myself, the file name is milk.tar.tar,it is currently in /home/mmills,so how do i extract it and move it to /home/mmills/gkrellm2/skins , I'm am guessing the file is hidden to a normal user, its not a visible file that i can just drag the folder to

b130:/home/mmills# tar -xzvf /home/mmills/milk.tar.tar /mmills/home/.gkrellm2/skins/
tar: /mmills/home/.gkrellm2/skins: Not found in archive

[mmills]

never mind me, im a retard, I figured out how to do it, i went into the home folder, show hidden files and placed it in the proper sub folder....... /smack!:p