Fluxbox: why are you being stupid

[PimpHolic]

i decided to try fluxbox, as everyone is saying it's so great
and so far, it hasn't been
2 things have gone wrong
1)i cant set my background
2)i cant install artwiz fonts

as for setting my background:
i tried
Esetroot /home/ab/backgrounds/aqua.jpg in my .xinitrc file
no go. okay so i head over to fluxbox's homepage and read the documentation
i edit my fluxbox init file's rootCommand with bset and bsetbg
both didnt work

as for fonts, i tried the instructions on fluxbox's homepage and they didnt work
i tried my traditional method that is:
1) make a directory in /usr/X11R/lib/X11/fonts
2) copy your fonts into this new directory
3) cd into this directory and type mkfontdir
4) edit your XF86Config file and add the path of these with the other font path's
5) restart X

and that didn't work
anyone have ideas on how i can get my background working and install fonts? otherwise im just gonna go back to blackbox

[demian]

Don't know about the font issue. As for setting the background try display -window root yourpic.png No clue why the others don't work, though. Maybe it's just a bad wm and you should try a better one (http://www.fvwm.org) ;)

[PimpHolic]

thanks that worked, but when i log out of X my background changes back to a white screen

i tried putting that in my xinitrc file and then the background loads for a second, and then changes back to the white one

argH!

[demian]

Originally posted by PimpHolic:
<STRONG>i tried putting that in my xinitrc file and then the background loads for a second, and then changes back to the white one

argH!</STRONG>

Ok, that means that after fluxbox loads it issues some command to change the background. Never used flux so I wouldn't know where to look for it but maybe it works if you change the order in your .xinitrc file and exec fluxbox first and then display -window....

[Disc0stoo]

To get override whatever background Flux has set put something like:

session.screen0.rootCommand: Esetroot /home/ab/backgrounds/aqua.jpg

in your ~/.fluxbox/init file.

As for your font problem, sounds like it should work, dunno. Try getting the CVS version, maybe you found another font bug (there've been many...).

[PimpHolic]

Originally posted by Disc0stoo:
<STRONG>To get override whatever background Flux has set put something like:

session.screen0.rootCommand: Esetroot /home/ab/backgrounds/aqua.jpg

in your ~/.fluxbox/init file.

As for your font problem, sounds like it should work, dunno. Try getting the CVS version, maybe you found another font bug (there've been many...).</STRONG>
i already tried this, didnt work
i also tried what demian said, by putting it after "exec fluxbox" - also doesnt work

looks like ill be goign back to blackbox..oh well
they seem the same :D

[z0mbix]

I used both these with fluxbox in Slackware with no problems. Do you have the appropriate image viewer installed? I use xv but Fluxbox can use many others. If you run the Esetroot command as above from the cli what happens?

About your fonts, try this procedure as it works fine for me in Slackware:

1. Move the font to somewhere like /usr/X11R/lib/X11/fonts. As root, cd to this directory and type: mkfontdir
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config for new FontPath. Then type: xset fp rehash
Then restart X. Type xlsfonts to check if it's listed.

All this works fine for me :)

[ 07 May 2002: Message edited by: cheeky_zombie ]

[Radar]

Originally posted by PimpHolic:
<STRONG>thanks that worked, but when i log out of X my background changes back to a white screen

i tried putting that in my xinitrc file and then the background loads for a second, and then changes back to the white one

argH!</STRONG>

I had the same problem, but it worked when I rebooted. Not sure why.

[Beattie]

You have to edit the init file in .fluxbox when you are not in X. It wont stick otherwise.

[Disc0stoo]

You have to edit the init file in .fluxbox when you are not in X. It wont stick otherwise

That's not true anymore (as of 0.1.8 bugfix 2 and/or latest CVS). Seriously man, get the latest version. There've been tons of fixes and new crap added lately.

[sarah31]

another option for setting your background in fluxbox and it sticking is if you stick with a particular style then edit it:

cd /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Yourstyle

then delete the data in the rootcommand line and replace it with:

Esetroot ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/yourimage

Of course you have to create the /backgrounds in ~/.fluxbox

as well if you have an image that you know does not fill the screen but looks okay when scaled to fit simply add "-scaled" in front of the image path. "-f (or F)" will also fill the screen as well i believe and there is always "-tiled" i think works too.

then just goto your menu and in window managers select restart and your image will appear and stick for good---as long as you use that style.

As for the fonts i don't know.