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Title: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: linus72 on May 22, 2009, 05:40:06 AM
What happened to the backgrounds button on the control panel?
Also, where is the backgrounds folder for "hackedbox"?
I put alot of wallpapers in the /opt/.backgrounds folder but no dice on using them??
Thanks
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: junan on May 22, 2009, 06:24:33 AM
check file /home/tc/.hackedbox/menu,
change submenu for Backgrounds (see the code below).

the problem with hackedbox background is the file name inside
/home/tc/.hackedbox/menu is bgMenu.mk not bgmenu.mk
it's up to you to change to bgmenu.mk at menu or change bgmenu.mk
filename to bgMenu.mk

to call "make" need a sudo and i install qiv.tce to set the background.
or if u want to set a background just type qiv -x or -y or -z and the pic_filename.
it doesn't matter if u use flwm, still can set the background.

Code: [Select]
  [submenu]   (Backgrounds)   {Choose a background...}
        [exec]    (Refresh List) {sudo make -f /usr/local/share/hackedbox/bgMenu.mk
    [include] (~/.hackedbox/bgMenu)
  [end]
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: junan on May 22, 2009, 06:37:27 AM
if u r using hackedbox don't forget to Restart (the window manager) after click Backgrounds > Refresh List. Directory for picture for Hackedbox is at /home/tc/.hackedbox/backgrounds  , if u want to change to another directory just edit /usr/local/share/hackedbox/bgmenu.mk in the PIC_DIR line.


Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: roberts on May 22, 2009, 09:59:44 AM
With multiple window manager support, there will not be control panel wallpaper or themes buttons.
Each window manager typically has their own location/setup/and programs to handle such.

Currently in 2.0rc2 there is xsetroot which only handles colors, esetroot will be added in the next cut to alllow images to be used for background.
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: linus72 on May 22, 2009, 10:24:33 AM
OK-thanks, that's what I suspected, as there is no "backgrounds" folder in my .hackedbox folder....
I'm trying to make a TC-2.0rc2.1-USB as I did with 1.4.2( http://multidistro.com/downloads/officialusbs/officialusbs.html )
However, I wanted to use either hackedbox or jwm; I installed both as tce's.
How do I get jwm to load?
hackedbox has a boot entry; desktop=hackedbox
Can I do the same foe jwm?
What is this WM for 2.0rc2.1?
Thanks.
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: linus72 on May 22, 2009, 10:38:14 AM
OK-so desktop=jwm works; now how do I set the background for jwm with no "backgrounds" button
And how to fix hackedbox 'cause there is no backgrounds folder there-can I just make one?
thanks
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: roberts on May 22, 2009, 10:51:37 AM
Release candidates are for the sole purpose of testing prior to an official release.
I strongly advise not to be remastering and distributing release candidates.
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: linus72 on May 22, 2009, 11:02:18 AM
Yeah, your right, but TC rocks!
Oh well...
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: curaga on May 22, 2009, 12:35:33 PM
JWM backgrounds are handled in the file .jwmrc, the tool would do the replacing for you. Here's the section to change, it's near the bottom:

Quote
      <!-- Default background. Note that a Background tag can be
           contained within a Desktop tag to give a specific background
           for that desktop.
           
           Valid types: solid gradient image tile command
       -->
   <Background type="image">/opt/.backgrounds/fire.jpg</Background>
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: linus72 on May 22, 2009, 12:39:19 PM
Thanks bro-your the Man!
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: roberts on May 22, 2009, 02:11:54 PM
In the jwm.tce is a small script I wrote  at /usr/local/bin/jwm_setbackground
This script was called from the fltk wallpaper gui. The script is still useful.

Examples:

$ jwm_setbackground solid blue

$ jwm_setbackground tile /usr/local/tce.icons/beaver.png

$ jwm_setbackground image /usr/local/tce,icons/beaver.png

$ jwm_setbackground gradient "blue:dodgerblue"

or our default

$ jwm_setbackground solid "#4f5f82"
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: curaga on May 22, 2009, 03:50:30 PM
Since the fltk gui for wallpapers was JWM specific, would it be good to include in the extension? Maybe with a menu item?
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: roberts on May 22, 2009, 04:18:45 PM
Actually it, wallpaper GUI, has been modified to be WM agnostic via a standardized call to xxx_setbackground With the pending inclusion of esetroot in 2.0, it will work for flwm as well solid colors, tile, and image. So wallpaper GUI will return to base very soon. I just have too much in flux at the moment.
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: linus72 on May 22, 2009, 06:39:00 PM
OK, I'm gonna check it all out!
thanks
Title: Re: Issues with 2.0rc2.1; no backgrounds button?
Post by: junan on May 23, 2009, 04:50:41 AM
can not wait for the improvement :)