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From: Nick Smith [mailto:nick@computernick.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:18 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] XFCE4 howto WAS RE: [gentoo-user] enlightenment
howto?



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From: Mark Brier [mailto:mark@brier.me.uk]
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:39 AM
To: gentoo-user
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] enlightenment howto?



On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 14:27, Nick Smith wrote:

Cool 4.0.6, but some parts say masked by them, does that mean they wont
install?


Post your output from "emerge -pv xfce"



Well I get this when I do that:

gentoobox root # emerge -pv xfce



These are the packages that I would merge, in order:



Calculating dependencies ...done!

[ebuild N ] x11-libs/gtk+-1.2.10-r11 -debug +nls 2,880 kB

[ebuild N ] gnome-base/orbit-0.5.17 +nls 1,040 kB

[ebuild N ] media-libs/imlib-1.9.14-r2 574 kB

[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.2 -doc +kde +nls 2,807 kB

[ebuild N ] media-libs/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-r2 -doc -mmx 388 kB

[ebuild N ] x11-wm/xfce-3.8.18-r2 +arts +gnome +gtk +nls -tcltk 5,045
kB



Total size of downloads: 12,737 kB



Which that to me looks like xfce 3.8 so I tried this and got more results:



gentoobox root # emerge -pv xfce4



These are the packages that I would merge, in order:



Calculating dependencies ...done!

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.0.6 307 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.0.6 +X -xinerama 432 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/libxfce4mcs-4.0.6 +X 322 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfce-mcs-manager-4.0.6 525 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfwm4-4.0.6 +X 952 kB

[ebuild N ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-xfce-2.1.7 322 kB

[ebuild N ] app-text/psutils-1.17 60 kB

[ebuild N ] dev-util/yacc-1.9.1-r2 63 kB

[ebuild N ] dev-util/gperf-3.0.1 822 kB

[ebuild N ] app-text/a2ps-4.13c-r1 -cjk +nls -tetex -vanilla 2,377 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfprint-4.0.6 436 kB

[ebuild N ] dev-libs/dbh-1.0.18 336 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xffm-4.0.6 -samba 1,668 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.0.6 +X 1,247 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfce-utils-4.0.6 +X +gnome -gtkhtml 951 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfce-mcs-plugins-4.0.6 +X 601 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.0.6 +X 2,084 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfce4-base-4.0.6 [empty/missing/bad digest]



Actually what is this empty/missing thing all about? Does that mean it wont
install correctly?



[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfcalendar-0.1.9 381 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfwm4-themes-4.0.6 632 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-minicmd-0.2.0 179 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-systemload-0.3.4 214 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-themes-4.0.6 441 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-systray-4.0.6 303 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-mixer-4.0.6 +alsa 351 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.0.6 327 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-battery-0.2.0 331 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-iconbox-4.0.6 372 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-toys-4.0.6 382 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xffm-icons-4.0.6 4,692 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-netload-0.2.2 326 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-extra/xfce4-showdesktop-0.3.0 358 kB

[ebuild N ] xfce-base/xfce4-4.0.6 [empty/missing/bad digest]



Same with this one? Looks like the main part of the program too..hmmm



Total size of downloads: 22,808 kB



So I guess I should do emerge xfce4, but how do I get X to use it by
default?

Sorry about this semi-hijack of the thread :)
(well not really, just a semi-related question....if anyone can answer)

Anyone here ran XFCE4 with XDirectFB ? how well does it work?

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040919 Mark Brier wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:18, Nick Smith wrote:
>> So I guess I should do emerge xfce4,
>> but how do I get X to use it by default?

in .bashrc i have :

alias sx4='startxfce4'

then all i have to do (from the CLI i boot into) is 'sx4';
'startx' gives me KDE on the rare occasions when i want to use it.

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Mark Brier wrote, On 19.09.2004 18:46:
> On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:18, Nick Smith wrote:
>
>>So I guess I should do emerge xfce4, but how do I get X to use it by
>>default?

set XSESSION="xfce4" in /etc/rc.conf

after this you can use "startx" to be be able to fire up Xfce4.

If you don´t have a startscript in /etc/X11/Sessions then create one
with this content:
====
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
TryExec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
Name=XFce4
====
make it executable and call it "xfce4"

bye Thilo


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Mark Brier wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:18, Nick Smith wrote:
>
>
>>So I guess I should do emerge xfce4, but how do I get X to use it by
>>default?
>>
>>
>
>If you use startx to run X, then just edit your .xinitrc
>
># nano -w ~/.xinitrc
>
>the last line should read "exec kde" (or whatever wm / desktop you're
>currently using), just change to "exec xfce" or "exec xfce4". You should
>then be able to start xfce with
>
># startx
>
>If you use a display-manager such as xdm or gdm, then I'm not entirely
>sure, as I don't use one.
>
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there is couple was to do it but to set it system wide edit your
/etc/rc.conf

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On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:18, Nick Smith wrote:
> So I guess I should do emerge xfce4, but how do I get X to use it by
> default?

If you use startx to run X, then just edit your .xinitrc

# nano -w ~/.xinitrc

the last line should read "exec kde" (or whatever wm / desktop you're
currently using), just change to "exec xfce" or "exec xfce4". You should
then be able to start xfce with

# startx

If you use a display-manager such as xdm or gdm, then I'm not entirely
sure, as I don't use one.


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|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Thilo Six
|> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:34 PM
|> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
|> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE4 howto WAS RE: [gentoo-user]
|> enlightenment howto?
|>
|> Mark Brier wrote, On 19.09.2004 18:46:
|> > On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:18, Nick Smith wrote:
|> >
|> >>So I guess I should do emerge xfce4, but how do I get X to use it by
|> >>default?
|>
|> set XSESSION="xfce4" in /etc/rc.conf
|>
|> after this you can use "startx" to be be able to fire up Xfce4.
|>
|> If you don´t have a startscript in /etc/X11/Sessions then create one
|> with this content:
|> ====
|> [Desktop Entry]
|> Encoding=UTF-8
|> Type=XSession
|> Exec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
|> TryExec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
|> Name=XFce4
|> ====
|> make it executable and call it "xfce4"
|>
|> bye Thilo
|>
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Well I did what you said and get this:

/etc/X11/Sessions/xfce4: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
/etc/X11/Sessions/xfce4: line 6: Name: command not found

And X crashes....any other suggestions?

Could you paste your file in here?

nick



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Nick Smith wrote:

>|> -----Original Message-----
>|> From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Thilo Six
>|> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:34 PM
>|> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>|> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE4 howto WAS RE: [gentoo-user]
>|> enlightenment howto?
>|>
>|> Mark Brier wrote, On 19.09.2004 18:46:
>|> > On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:18, Nick Smith wrote:
>|> >
>|> >>So I guess I should do emerge xfce4, but how do I get X to use it by
>|> >>default?
>|>
>|> set XSESSION="xfce4" in /etc/rc.conf
>|>
>|> after this you can use "startx" to be be able to fire up Xfce4.
>|>
>|> If you don´t have a startscript in /etc/X11/Sessions then create one
>|> with this content:
>|> ====
>|> [Desktop Entry]
>|> Encoding=UTF-8
>|> Type=XSession
>|> Exec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
>|> TryExec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
>|> Name=XFce4
>|> ====
>|> make it executable and call it "xfce4"
>|>
>|> bye Thilo
>|>
>|>
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>Well I did what you said and get this:
>
>/etc/X11/Sessions/xfce4: line 1: [.Desktop: command not found
>/etc/X11/Sessions/xfce4: line 6: Name: command not found
>
>And X crashes....any other suggestions?
>
>Could you paste your file in here?
>
>nick
>
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#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
#
# XFce 4file for GDM. Usually in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions.
#
# Add support for XIM; Modified by Babyfai Cheung. 2002/03/10
########################################################################
## Launch an XIM input server if needed

# This's for RedHat and Slackware
for i in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/* ; do
if [ -x "$i" ]; then
. "$i"
fi
done

# This's for Mandrake
if [ -x /etc/X11/xinit/XIM ]; then
. /etc/X11/xinit/XIM
fi

exec /usr/bin/startxfce4



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Nick Smith wrote, On 19.09.2004 18:50:
> |> ====
> |> [Desktop Entry]
> |> Encoding=UTF-8
> |> Type=XSession
> |> Exec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
> |> TryExec=/usr/bin/startxfce4
> |> Name=XFce4
> |> ====

> Well I did what you said and get this:
>
> /etc/X11/Sessions/xfce4: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
> /etc/X11/Sessions/xfce4: line 6: Name: command not found
>
> And X crashes....any other suggestions?
>
> Could you paste your file in here?
>
> nick

Shame on me you are right.
The above _is_ my startscript, but I never realized it only works
together with kdm.

startxfce4

instead of "startx" does it. I´ve tested it right now.


Sorry for the inconvenience.

bye Thilo


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