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List:       fvwm
Subject:    Re: FVWM: Fvwm in Ubuntu?
From:       "Hans Voss" <hans.voss () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-01-11 14:49:52
Message-ID: c33a90fa0901110649u88357b1r11b9b5276afa035a () mail ! gmail ! com
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I am doing the same thing, but with the old (KDE 3.5x) version of the KDE panel.
I start some programs upon launching FVWM (like an apt-get update as
well as 'update-notifier' which is the panel app that indicates
available updates. and the gnome-power-manager and the nm-applet (the
network management applet). Add to that that I start a Nautilus
session on a otherwise unused screen somewhere and even automatic
detection of new volumes (CD/DVD, USB disks etc) is properly handled.

If you want I can give you an extract of my config that does show all
these things. You might have to wait just over a week though, since I
will be visiting the USA without a laptop.

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:37, Jonathan Kotta <jpkotta@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Erik Steffl <steffl@tsoft.com> wrote:
>> Just curious whether anybody uses fvwm in Ubuntu, specifically how to get
>> all the automatic things that gnome does (at least I think it's gnome) in
>> Ubuntu, it has various programs that show in panels, e.g. system update,
>> network status, pidgin shows status there etc.
>>
>> I have read the Ubuntu docs so I know how to set it up so that fvwm is used
>> but it doesn't talk about these other things (I think most of them are more
>> gnome specific then Ubuntu specific)
>>
>> Should I be looking at how to make fvwm and gnome work together? Or?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>        erik
>>
>>
>
> If all you want is the panel, you can run that without running all of
> Gnome.  I did this for a while until I got sick of the panel ;).  Just
> run gnome-panel.  I also ran gnome-settings-daemon; I think it was to
> fix the fonts on the panel.
>
> I also had a few styles that worked around things I didn't like about the panel.
>
> Style * EWMHMaximizeIgnoreWorkingArea
> Style panel        GNOMEIgnoreHints
> Style gnome-panel   StaysOnBottom, GNOMEIgnoreHints
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan Kotta
>
> Hofstadter's Law:
>    It always takes longer than you expect, even
>    when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
>
>



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