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by nitrofurano
Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:45 am
Forum: General Help
Topic: startup items on a .sh document
Replies: 1
Views: 2565

startup items on a .sh document

hi! i'm trying to run startup items on a .sh document in this way: ~/.config/autostart/startupitems.desktop has: [Desktop Entry] Name=startupitems Exec=lxterminal --command "/home/guest/lxde_startup_items.sh" Terminal=true and /home/guest/lxde_startup_items.sh has python /home/guest/fbsetb...
by nitrofurano
Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: ubuntu unity vs a lxde-based wm
Replies: 0
Views: 2757

ubuntu unity vs a lxde-based wm

afaik, LXDE appeared designed to netbooks, and it runs awesomelly well on desktops. meanwhile, Ubuntu is planning to release Unity as window manager defautly starting from Ubuntu 11.04 - the problem is the actual version of Unity is terribly bloated, and doensn't run that fine on old hardware, and m...
by nitrofurano
Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:42 am
Forum: General Help
Topic: Apple monitor bright keys (f1 and f2)
Replies: 1
Views: 3166

Apple monitor bright keys (f1 and f2)

Hi!
A very missing support on LXDE is about the f1 and f2 keys for monitor brightness adjustment - i don't know if this only exists on MacBooks, but it's very, very missing...
Is there some kind of external program or configuration we can use it fine on LXDE, without further worry?
thanks! =)
by nitrofurano
Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:42 pm
Forum: PCManFM
Topic: PCMANFM vs THUNAR
Replies: 15
Views: 24857

Re: PCMANFM vs THUNAR

and Thunar development looks much more active than PCManFM - i got no feedback yet from PCManFM about that 'My Documents' folder at desktop pointing '~/' instead of '~/Documents/'
by nitrofurano
Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:23 pm
Forum: LXDE Components
Topic: lxde digital clock - missing seconds and metar weather
Replies: 1
Views: 4257

lxde digital clock - missing seconds and metar weather

Hi!
seconds on digital clock lxde taskbar, and metar weather are very missing - is it planned to be implemented soon?
or maybe there is some way to configure for providing these information?
thanks! =)
by nitrofurano
Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:21 am
Forum: LXDE Components
Topic: openbox themes with gtk colours
Replies: 3
Views: 6541

openbox themes with gtk colours

as feature, how easy is to OpenBox development implement colours like gtk:bg[SELECTED], gtk:bg[NORMAL], gtk:fg[SELECTED] and gtk:fg[NORMAL] in the themerc files, beyond usual hexcolours like #3A6476 or xorg colours like indianred? This feature would be useful for changing window decoration colours f...
by nitrofurano
Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:26 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: replacing openbox with metacity
Replies: 2
Views: 5418

replacing openbox with metacity

how can we replace openbox with metacity, or which configuration files must be edited?
by nitrofurano
Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: lxde startup applications
Replies: 5
Views: 59296

lxde startup applications

How can i define startup applications (and terminal commands) when LXDE boots?
by nitrofurano
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:35 pm
Forum: LXDE Components
Topic: lxrandr and adding resolutions
Replies: 1
Views: 3109

Re: lxrandr and adding resolutions

(btw, i'm also curious to add 1320x990 instead of 1280x1024 ;) )
by nitrofurano
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:18 pm
Forum: LXDE Components
Topic: lxrandr and adding resolutions
Replies: 1
Views: 3109

lxrandr and adding resolutions

Early i used to have 1280x960 resolution, and now with Ubuntu 8.10 i haven't this resolution available defaultly anymore (...?) It seems i could check the resolution with cvt and add with xrandr, but i'm not getting this successfully. Would be interesting having lxrandr making easy all this task, an...