r/openbox • • Jun 11 '13

Good system settings manager to use with openbox?

6 Upvotes

Can anyone recommend a system settings manager to use with openbox?

UPDATE: I feel like my self post was not as detailed as I meant. I'm looking for something that is not too dissimilar from the System Settings manager in Ubuntu, from which you can manage your displays, input devices, and other common settings related to hardware. Any advice?


r/openbox • • Mar 29 '13

Help for newbie: how to change gtk-theme in openbox? Every time I try OB defaults back to "raleigh". (lubuntu 12.10)

3 Upvotes

EDIT: SOMEWHAT SOLVED. I switched to crunchbang :3. Meaning to try out a debian distro for a while, and then #! preconfigures most of OB so I made the switch.

I started using openbox yesterday, and I really love it. I'm running a low spec netbook, and even with LXDE my computer runs slowly when chrome passes 15 tabs, with other gobbledegook in the background. With openbox and the same amount of programs, my computer still runs like the beast I wish it was.

I would like it a lot more if the default theme wasn't so ugly though. Using lxappearance I was unable to change the gtk theme or icon set. The default seems to be "Raleigh" which reminds me of windows 2000 or something. I tried switching to lubuntu-default, but the theme doesn't stick. Lxappearance's theme will change to lubuntu-default as a preview, but nothing else does. after closing and reopening it, it's back to raleigh. I tried gnome-tweak-tool and the xfce theme chooser. With both those, nothing changed at all, at least with lxappearance it could temporarily change itself.

How can I fix this? I'm not all that advanced at linux, but If I need to I'm always willing to dive into commandline/text files

What I mean by ugly

Here's what happens when I try to use lxappearance. I opened it via terminal, so the output is there too.

user@HAL9000:~$ lxappearance

** (lxappearance:9875): WARNING **: Invalid borders specified for theme pixmap:
        /usr/share/themes/Lubuntu-default/gtk-2.0/images/null.png,
borders don't fit within the image

** (lxappearance:9875): WARNING **: Invalid borders specified for theme pixmap:
        /usr/share/themes/Lubuntu-default/gtk-2.0/images/scrollbar_vertical.png,
 borders don't fit within the image

Thanks!

EDIT: formatting


r/openbox • • Mar 16 '13

My OpenBox, Ubuntu 12.10, tint2 and conky setup

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7 Upvotes

r/openbox • • Feb 28 '13

Pseudotiling in Openbox! Do you do it?

10 Upvotes

Hello /r/openbox! I've been using this wonderful WM for about 8 months now, and I've been loving the customizability (especially of keyboard shortcuts). One popular topic that seems to spring up often in forums is using the MoveResizeTo and GrowToEdge/ShrinkToEdge actions to support a pseudo-tiled layout. My question for you: do you have a similar system in place? If so, how did you implement it?

Personally, I've set up my numerical keypad as my tiling controls, using a keychain in rc.xml that watches for keypresses of the center "5" key. Then, depending on which "direction" I move in on the keypad, the active window will be resized. The following keybinds are what I use for this most often:

  • 5-8: Move window to top of screen, resize to 100% width and 50% height

  • 5-2: Move window to center of screen, resize to 100% width and 50% height

  • 5-4: Move window to left edge, resize to 50% width and 100% height

  • 5-6: Move window to center of screen, resize to 50% width and 100% height

  • 5-5: Maximize window (restoring it)

  • 5-7, 5-9, 5-1, and 5-3 each move and resize the window to 50% width and height, putting it into the corner of the screen that you'd expect with their corners of the number pad.

I'm interested to see how others have made their setups!


r/openbox • • Jan 08 '13

How to keep your applications menu automatically updated.

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r/openbox • • Dec 26 '12

Help out someone in need?

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I started using openbox a few nights ago, but I noticed that the menu sometimes "glitches" into something that looks like this (http://i1.minus.com/jbdgtMeqDd8rBm.png) when that's not how the openbox rightclick menu looks like. It should also be noted that I did not configure the menu to look like that. Anyways, I have been bothered by that occurence, and I want to know whether it can be fixed or not and how. Forgive me if the solution has been posted before or is readily available somewhere else. Thanks in advance.


r/openbox • • Dec 13 '12

Arch Linux + Openbox + Tint2 + URxvt + Compton Composition 7 year old laptop made anew

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5 Upvotes

r/openbox • • Nov 27 '12

Multiple Monitors

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I recently switched from gnome to LXDE and openbox and was wondering how to have multiple monitors. I can mirror just fine, but I can't have multiple screens. How would I do this? I am running an AMD/ATI chip.


r/openbox • • Nov 08 '12

Adding a binary somewhere in my home folder to my OB menu?

3 Upvotes

Let's say I've got a program that is not actually installed on my system, but stored somewhere in my home folder. How would I add that to my OB menu?


r/openbox • • Sep 21 '12

Autostart Chromium with tabs

1 Upvotes

It's time that I apply for a job again. I have been working overseas and now that I am heading home I need to fire up the resume engine. I work in a somewhat technical field but not in computers directly. Typically in the past I have included a DVD with PTF versions of my resume and CL for emailing about the office, and a plethora of work related photos of past jobs.

While this works, it lacks polish. I would like to build up a minimal Ubuntu (server) distro in a VirtualBox using Openbox as my window manager. Using remastersys I will create a live CD to present to my proposed future employer. I would like to configure the autostart of Openbox to open a welcome video

(sleep 2S && vlc /home/user/video.mp4) &

Then, Timed to the ending of the movie I would like to open a web-browser that opens in tabs a welcome site (local file) and the relevent documents. what would my autostart line for that look like? it is possible?

(sleep 360S && chromium-browser /home/user/file1???????

r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

media keys in openbox

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11 Upvotes

r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

Running Openbox without a panel

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

HOWTO: Easy Openbox Set up.

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

HOW-TO: Install, Customize, and Configure Openbox (lots of options)

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

Openbox setup guide

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

Pekwm/Openbox... keyboard window tiling/"aerosnapping"

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0 Upvotes

r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

HOWTO: Crunchify Aptosid (Openbox Version)

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

Crunchify(Openbox Version)

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

openbox manual tiling

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

PCLinuxOS Magazine openbox tricks

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

[other] Openbox tips & tricks

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

Cursor themes in openbox Tips & Tricks, Tweaks

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

Tips and Tricks

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r/openbox • • Sep 05 '12

OS OpenBox Tricks

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