lsb_release -a
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Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy)
Release: testing
Codename: wheezy
I get 8 hours out of the batteries on this Laptop running AntiX. I run Icewm and Fluxbox mostly. Just broadening my knowledge with setting up a LXDE Desktop.
Amrel RT 786ex 1.6ghz, 512MB ram , AntiX 8.5 core, Biker Linux user # 475019 Lead,Follow, or get the heck out of the way My AntiX LXDE Install
# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
out_to_console no
# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
font 8x12
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont gentium:size=10
# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
own_window_colour hotpink
own_window_type normal
# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes
# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus, pcmanfm and rox desktops)
own_window yes
# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8
#on_bottom no
# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 5 5
maximum_width 200
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
#border_margin 10
# border width
border_width 2
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color DeepSkyBlue
#default_color DarkSeaGreen
#default_color Crimson
#default_color Orchid
#default_color GoldenRod
#default_color Silver
#default_color SteelBlue
#default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 59
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer right
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti
# Possible variables to be used:
#
# Variable Arguments Description
# acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
# acpifan ACPI fan state
# acpitemp ACPI temperature.
# adt746xcpu CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
# adt746xfan Fan speed from therm_adt746x
# battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
# battery. ACPI battery number can be
# given as argument (default is BAT0).
# buffers Amount of memory buffered
# cached Amount of memory cached
# color (color) Change drawing color to color
# cpu CPU usage in percents
# cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
# bar's height in pixels
# downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
# downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# exec shell command Executes a shell command and displays
# the output in torsmo. warning: this
# takes a lot more resources than other
# variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
# behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
# execi interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
# command Interval can't be less than
# update_interval in configuration.
# fs_bar (height), (fs) Bar that shows how much space is used on
# a file system. height is the height in
# pixels. fs is any file on that file
# system.
# fs_free (fs) Free space on a file system available
# for users.
# fs_free_perc (fs) Free percentage of space on a file
# system available for users.
# fs_size (fs) File system size
# fs_used (fs) File system used space
# hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
# pixels
# i2c (dev), type, n I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
# may be omitted if you have only one I2C
# device. type is either in (or vol)
# meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
# meaning temperature. n is number of the
# sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
# your local computer.
# kernel Kernel version
# loadavg (1), (2), (3) System load average, 1 is for past 1
# minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
# past 15 minutes.
# machine Machine, i686 for example
# mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use
# program like fetchmail to get mails from
# some server using your favourite
# protocol. See also new_mails.
# mem Amount of memory in use
# membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
# memmax Total amount of memory
# memperc Percentage of memory in use
# new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
# nodename Hostname
# outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
# pre_exec shell command Executes a shell command one time before
# torsmo displays anything and puts output
# as text.
# processes Total processes (sleeping and running)
# running_processes Running processes (not sleeping),
# requires Linux 2.6
# shadecolor (color) Change shading color
# stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
# (height)
# swapbar (height) Bar that shows amount of swap in use
# swap Amount of swap in use
# swapmax Total amount of swap
# swapperc Percentage of swap in use
# sysname System name, Linux for example
# time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
# information about format
# totaldown net Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
# Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
# seem to be a way to know how many times
# it has already done that before torsmo
# has started.
# totalup net Total upload, this one too, may overflow
# updates Number of updates (for debugging)
# upspeed net Upload speed in kilobytes
# upspeedf net Upload speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# uptime Uptime
# uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format
#
# seti_prog Seti@home current progress
# seti_progbar (height) Seti@home current progress bar
# seti_credit Seti@hoome total user credit
## antiX additives examples. Add below Text##
##${color cccccc}battery: ${color cccccc}$acpiacadapter, ${battery_percent BAT1}%
##${color}battery:${color} ${battery}
##Witeless example##
#${color cccccc}Wireless:
#${color cccccc}essid: ${wireless_essid wlan0}
#${color cccccc}IP:${color cccccc} ${addr wlan0}
#${color cccccc}speed: ${color cccccc} ${wireless_bitrate wlan0}
#${color cccccc}link strength: ${color cccccc} ${wireless_link_bar 7,50 wlan0}
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
${color}antiX-core
${color}$sysname $kernel
${color}Uptime: $uptime
${color}Pecos:Tx:Biker ${time %a %d %b %k:%M}
${color}Monitors:
${color}cpu: ${color}${cpu}%
${color}ram : ${color}$mem${color}/${color}$memmax ${color}- ${color}$memperc%
${color}swap: ${color}$swap${color}/${color}$swapmax ${color}- ${color}$swapperc%
${color}processes: ${color}$processes ${color}running: ${color}$running_processes
${color}link strength: ${color DarkSeaGreen} ${wireless_link_bar 7,50 wlan0}
${color}Space:
${color}Root:${color} ${fs_free /} ${color}= ${fs_free_perc /}%
${color}/data:${color} ${fs_free /mnt/sda1} ${color}= ${fs_free_perc /mnt/sda1}%
${color}BAT 1: ${color Green} ${battery_bar 7,50 BAT1} ${color} ${battery BAT1}
${color}BAT 2: ${color Green} ${battery_bar 7,50 BAT2} ${color} ${battery BAT2}
${color}BAT 1: ${execi 60 cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state | awk '{if ($0 ~ "present rate:"){rate = $3} if($0 ~ "remaining capacity:"){cap = $3}} END {printf "%d hours %d minutes\n" ,(cap / rate), (((cap % rate) / rate) * 60)}'}
${color}BAT 2: ${execi 60 cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT2/state | awk '{if ($0 ~ "present rate:"){rate = $3} if($0 ~ "remaining capacity:"){cap = $3}} END {printf "%d hours %d minutes\n" ,(cap / rate), (((cap % rate) / rate) * 60)}'}
${color}Temp: ${color} ${hwmon 0 temp 1}C
Amrel RT 786ex 1.6ghz, 512MB ram , AntiX 8.5 core, Biker Linux user # 475019 Lead,Follow, or get the heck out of the way My AntiX LXDE Install
@Biker:~$ pianobar
Welcome to pianobar (2011.09.22)! Press ? for a list of commands.
[?] Email: rok
[?] Password:
(i) Login... Ok.
(i) Get stations... Ok.
0) AC/DC Radio
1) Audioslave Radio
2) Avenged Sevenfold Radio
3) Buckcherry Radio
4) Charlie Sexton Radio
5) Chris Rea Radio
6) Depeche Mode Radio
7) q Evanescence Radio
8) Faith No More Radio
9) Gary Numan/Tubeway Army Radio
10) Gorillaz Radio
11) Q roks QuickMix
12) Hoobastank Radio
13) Jace Everett Radio
14) Les Claypool Radio
15) Little Feat Radio
16) Marilyn Manson Radio
17) Nickelback Radio
18) q Nine Inch Nails Radio
19) Puddle Of Mudd Radio
20) Savoy Brown Radio
21) Seether Radio
22) Stevie Ray Vaughan Radio
23) The Black Keys Radio
24) The Cult Radio
25) The Fabulous Thunderbirds Radio
26) Thin Lizzy Radio
27) Thousand Foot Krutch Radio
28) ZZ Top Radio
[?] Select station: 8
|> Station "Faith No More Radio" (63570485330740626)
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|> "Rv" by "Faith No More" on "Angel Dust"
# -03:36/03:42
Pandora radio broke pianobar today. I fixed it just now compiling a new pianobar 11.09-dev from github from source file.
I am uploading my zipped pianobar folder with the new bin file "pianobar" that I compiled from source in my folder. Sorry guys. USA users only (pandora blocks overseas users). Uninstall any pianobar you may have installed through your package manager.
If a static install. Delete the folder from /opt or /home where you installed the pianobar. .09.22 folder.
Unzip mine in /home or /opt. Symlink the the pianobar bin in my folder to /usr/bin (I use rox filer and used a relative sysmlink instead of absolute).
roky@biker:~$ pianobar
Welcome to pianobar (2011.11.09-dev)! Press ? for a list of commands.
[?] Email:
[?] Password:
(i) Login... Ok.
(i) Get stations... Ok.
0) AC/DC Radio
1) Audioslave Radio
2) Avenged Sevenfold Radio
3) Buckcherry Radio
4) Charlie Sexton Radio
5) Chris Rea Radio
6) Depeche Mode Radio
7) q Evanescence Radio
8) Faith No More Radio
9) Funkadelic Radio
10) Gary Numan/Tubeway Army Radio
11) Gorillaz Radio
12) Q roky's QuickMix
13) Hoobastank Radio
14) Les Claypool Radio
15) Little Feat Radio
16) Marilyn Manson Radio
17) Nickelback Radio
18) q Nine Inch Nails Radio
19) Puddle Of Mudd Radio
20) Savoy Brown Radio
21) Seether Radio
22) Stevie Ray Vaughan Radio
23) The Black Keys Radio
24) The Cult Radio
25) The Fabulous Thunderbirds Radio
26) Thin Lizzy Radio
27) Thousand Foot Krutch Radio
28) ZZ Top Radio
[?] Select station: 28
|> Station "ZZ Top Radio" (426160442026919314)
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|> "I'm Bad I'm Nationwide" by "ZZ Top" on "Greatest Hits"
|> "Whiskey In The Jar" by "Metallica" on "Garage Inc."
|> "Simple Man" by "Lynyrd Skynyrd" on "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd"
|> "Up Around The Bend" by "Creedence Clearwater Revival" on "Chronicles"
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|> "Just Got Paid" by "ZZ Top" on "The Best Of ZZ Top"
# -04:04/04:28
Just for grins. This is my Motorcycle Shop Desktop that runs Fluxbox with LxPanel on AntiX 11 Base i686 with a Liqourix Kernel. It flies like you would not believe.
Last edited by rokytnji on Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Amrel RT 786ex 1.6ghz, 512MB ram , AntiX 8.5 core, Biker Linux user # 475019 Lead,Follow, or get the heck out of the way My AntiX LXDE Install
New kernel plus added Spacefm file manager also. Stll current apps. This Hard drive on this laptop is just for tweaking/testing and playing. I run AntiX 12 with Icewm on my other hot swap hard drive as testing till AntiX 12 reaches final release status. The kernel I am using plus spacefm plus Iceweasel should be coming in the default install of AntiX 12 (though we might go with a 3.5 kernel later maybe).
This is just to show that Lubuntu is not the only choice out there when wanting to run LXDE. I did this though as a core iso install back in 2010. Which is like doing a Debian Net install or Ubuntu minimal CD install. There is no end of life when running Debian testing or unstable like there is in Lubuntu. I can be running this install till the hard drive dies with support from Debian Testing and unstable repos.
~$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
deb http://www.daveserver.info/antiX/debs testing full main
deb http://debs.slavino.sk testing main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi.list
deb http://download.jitsi.org/deb unstable/
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Amrel RT 786ex 1.6ghz, 512MB ram , AntiX 8.5 core, Biker Linux user # 475019 Lead,Follow, or get the heck out of the way My AntiX LXDE Install
Installed 3.7.8 kernel. LXDE idling at 60MB after xdm login. Still current applications like Iceweasel and Chromium browsers and everything else supported.
Amrel RT 786ex 1.6ghz, 512MB ram , AntiX 8.5 core, Biker Linux user # 475019 Lead,Follow, or get the heck out of the way My AntiX LXDE Install