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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: enoch on December 05, 2009, 11:15:49 AM

Title: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 05, 2009, 11:15:49 AM: did a new install of 2.5 and had no window manager upgraded to 2.6 and still no wm.....arghh what happened
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: jpeters on December 05, 2009, 11:44:27 AM: Quote from: enoch on December 05, 2009, 11:15:49 AM
did a new install of 2.5 and had no window manager upgraded to 2.6 and still no wm.....arghh what happened

check /usr/local/tce.installed to see what's loaded. Make sure all your extensions are updated.
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 05, 2009, 12:23:46 PM: loaded all extensions after the 2.6 setup so they should be up to date
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: roberts on December 05, 2009, 12:27:58 PM: When upgrading with a backup or persistent store, you should follow the release announcements regarding "files that changed and are likely in your backup"

I would guess you need to update your .profile and .xsession from /etc/skel.
That is typical when there is no window manger.
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 05, 2009, 12:46:22 PM: Thank You...pray tell how to update .profile and .xsession
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: roberts on December 05, 2009, 01:23:12 PM: Use shell (terminal) and at prompt

cp /etc/skel/.profile /home/tc/.profile
cp /etc/skel/.xsession /home/tc/.xsession
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 05, 2009, 06:30:43 PM: did that.....still no window manager, this was a clean install on a formatted partition before any extensions were added
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 05, 2009, 06:51:30 PM: Opera 10 has to be closed to do anything else can't minimize or resize it.
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: combo3 on December 06, 2009, 12:07:42 AM: Quote from: enoch on December 05, 2009, 06:51:30 PM
Opera 10 has to be closed to do anything else can't minimize or resize it.

Ctrl-Alt-M will resize the window in FLWM.
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: h-munster on December 06, 2009, 01:42:51 AM: Quote
Opera 10 has to be closed to do anything else can't minimize or resize it.
So, it sounds like your WM is working.

When you say you can't minimize nor resize Opera, is that because the window buttons and window borders lie beyond the screen edges? If so, have you tried holding down Alt while holding the left mouse button and moving the window around with the pointer?
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: 4-stroke on December 06, 2009, 01:58:20 AM: Quote from: h-munster on December 06, 2009, 01:42:51 AM
If so, have you tried holding down Alt while holding the left mouse button and moving the window around with the pointer?

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with flwm.

You can try these key combinations:

Ctrl Alt arrows moves the window
Ctrl Alt =      grows the window (unshifted + key)
Ctrl Alt -       shrinks the window
Ctrl Alt PgUp      grows the window veritcally
Ctrl Alt PgDn      shrinks the window vertically
Ctrl Alt ,      grows the window hortizontally (unshifted < key)
Ctrl Alt .      grows the window hortizontally (unshifted > key)
Ctrl Alt t      taller (sames as PgUp)
Ctrl Alt s       shorter (same as PgDn)
Ctrl Alt m    maximize widow
Ctrl Alt v       maximize vertical
Ctrl Alt h       maximize hortizontal
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: h-munster on December 06, 2009, 04:44:27 AM: Thanks for the key combinations.

I wasn't sure if the OP is using flwm.
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 06, 2009, 10:19:35 AM: My last installation with 2.5 booted up with the window manager across the top of the screen, another install doesn't have it I did the .xsession and .profile thing still nothing.......
Title: Re: lost the cool window manager in 2.6
Post by: enoch on December 06, 2009, 11:11:47 AM: could the resolution settings have anything to do with it? the xvesa settings before Xorg was installed.