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Offline marmarama

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how to make desktop icons, folders
« on: October 06, 2014, 01:16:12 PM »
hello,
 i dont manage to create a working desktop with icons, folders. i use openbox and pcmanfm. tinycore5.
 please help,
thanks

Offline Misalf

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Re: how to make desktop icons, folders
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2014, 02:08:13 PM »
What have you done so far?
Have you tryed starting PCmanFM with the  --desktop  parameter?
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Offline Misalf

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Re: how to make desktop icons, folders
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2014, 02:56:37 PM »
Just tryed with Openbox and  pcmanfm --desktop .
Works for me. You might have to create a  ~/Desktop  directory, which I already had.
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM

However, WBar won't be visible even if restarted with  wbar.sh .

Also, when I  killall pcmanfm , I get this:
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X Error of failed request:  BadDamage (invalid Damage parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  142 (DAMAGE)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (XDamageSubtract)
  Serial number of failed request:  1780
  Current serial number in output stream:  2029

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I used to use iDesk but you'd have to create desktop icons manually.
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Offline tinypoodle

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Re: how to make desktop icons, folders
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2014, 03:10:35 PM »
FWIW, rox-filer's pinboard coexists fine with wbar (tested with jwm only), might require looking at wm compatibility settings though.
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Offline marmarama

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Re: how to make desktop icons, folders
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2014, 03:50:39 AM »
yes, i tried  PCmanFM with the  --desktop  parameter. it works but the moment i close terminal all goes back to before. how to keep it permanent? and once it is permanent how to activate wbar?
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Re: how to make desktop icons, folders
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2014, 07:42:12 AM »
The "&" symbol makes an app run in background so you can use the terminal window for other things and/or close it.
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pcmanfm --desktop &

No clue how to recover wbar.
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Offline marmarama

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Re: how to make desktop icons, folders
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2014, 02:14:19 PM »
ok, i understood after some time of reading that xfce4 installs desktop environment.
but i also read that slitaz uses openbox and pcmanfm to make desktop enviroment. i tried to do the same on tiny core  but i dont manage.
 any suggestions?
thanks