thanks laprjns, your fix works perfectly.

hello,

I have noticed on my salix desktop that when I make a file or folder that is more than two words long that the words (title) gets abbreviated. for example, I have a couple of folders:
2nd buy aux cable
2nd buy collets

this is what they read on the desktop:
2nd buy a...
2nd buy c...

I ...

I would like to add this info to the thread. I was able to get the wide bar. it works nice.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2288338


leafpad ~/.gtkrc-2.0


add this at the end of the file and save:
style "myscrollbar"
{
GtkScrollbar::slider-width=40
}
class "GtkScrollbar" style ...

hello,

In the case of GTK+2 applications, you would need to find a new GTK+2 theme and use it, or edit the theme you're already using. Same of Qt applications or GTK+3 applications etc...
wow. there's alot I don't know. I did look at the themes already, under display>appearance>style. there is a ...

hello,

how do I make the scrollbar on the right wider? I have a wide screen and a wide bar would be a worthwhile use of real estate.
thanks.

teamviewer works beautifully. I just tested it and I am able to control this computer from my main computer. I can give this computer back to my friend and he will be using salix. I won't need to drive to his home when there is a problem.

I hope it's ok to leave the thread open for a couple of days ...

hello laprjns,

there was a message when running this command:
sudo spi -i teamviewer

chmod: cannot operate on dangling symlink ‘./etc/teamviewer’
chmod: cannot operate on dangling symlink ‘./usr/bin/teamviewer’
chmod: cannot operate on dangling symlink ‘./var/log/teamviewer’

IT LAUNCHED ...

I am afraid I got impatient and made things worse. I used gslapt to remove, then used these commands offered by ibka:
sudo spi -u
sudo spi -i teamviewer

I did however find potential problems

chmod: cannot operate on dangling symlink ‘./etc/teamviewer’
chmod: cannot operate on dangling symlink ...

absolutely. it's there in the screenshot. the terminal on the right is root. the screenshot is covered partially by a bar of some kind. I will present it again.

root[larry]# sudo service start teamviewerd
Starting the teamviewerd service
Starting TeamViewer Daemon
root[larry]#


thanks for the ...

still the same result.

I am hoping I can put up a screenshot.
http://s26.postimg.org/pgtkc26g9/Screenshot_07132015_01_14_24_PM.png

bottom line is, it is still not launching. there is very little info on google about this problem. I find where some are having success with uninstalling and ...