Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
mimosa, are you running gmountman under xfce or xmonad? If you're running it under xmonad you probably need to start it with dbus-launch (either gmountman or preferably xmonad itself).
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
As it happens, I am running it under xmonad
... and it is conceivable that the problems I reported earlier coincided with when I was packaging another WM.
To call xmonad using dbus-launch, do I just put in the xmonad.desktop file in xsessions
instead of
(Or if not using xdm/gdm, accordingly in xinitrc)
?
EDIT
I can confirm that works and solves the problem with gmountman
... and it is conceivable that the problems I reported earlier coincided with when I was packaging another WM.
To call xmonad using dbus-launch, do I just put in the xmonad.desktop file in xsessions
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/usr/bin/dbus-launch xmonad
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/usr/bin/xmonad
?
EDIT
I can confirm that works and solves the problem with gmountman
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
mimosa, look in the xinitrc.pekwm file for an example. The xmonad.desktop file could just launch the xinitrc file then.
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
Indeed, the xmonad at src comes with its own xinitrc that looks similar:
http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0 ... trc.xmonad
I haven't generally used .xinitrc in the standard way with multiple WM setups. In this case (xfce +xmonad) I assume there's no conflict (that xfce doesn't use .xinitrc when called from the login screen). Where there is a conflict, in the past I have written a wrapper for each WM to copy xinitrc.{WM} over .xinitrc then do startx. I'm sure that's not the proper way to do it, even when not using gdm/xdm.
In this case, would there be anything wrong with having the .desktop file just call
or copying it to ~/ and
?
I think this time round (when 14.0 is released) I'll try and set things up more tidily: with Ratpoison as the default, but booting into runlevel four and offering a choice of WMs. I generally use Openbox if I want to use a conventional WM, and in the past, it had its own partition (now displaced by Salix x86_64 RC1); but there's really no need for that.
http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0 ... trc.xmonad
I haven't generally used .xinitrc in the standard way with multiple WM setups. In this case (xfce +xmonad) I assume there's no conflict (that xfce doesn't use .xinitrc when called from the login screen). Where there is a conflict, in the past I have written a wrapper for each WM to copy xinitrc.{WM} over .xinitrc then do startx. I'm sure that's not the proper way to do it, even when not using gdm/xdm.
In this case, would there be anything wrong with having the .desktop file just call
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/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xmonad
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/home/{user}/.xinitrc.xmonad
I think this time round (when 14.0 is released) I'll try and set things up more tidily: with Ratpoison as the default, but booting into runlevel four and offering a choice of WMs. I generally use Openbox if I want to use a conventional WM, and in the past, it had its own partition (now displaced by Salix x86_64 RC1); but there's really no need for that.
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
Nothing wrong with that, as long as it works.mimosa wrote:In this case, would there be anything wrong with having the .desktop file just call
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/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xmonad
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
I have tried one DVD and it played fine. Then I tried another and had the same problem. Both play fine in 13.37. I don't know why. If anyone has any idea go ahead and say it.Tarugo wrote:Parole media player also doesn't play DVDs!
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
Maybe the DVD that won't play requires some different codec.
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Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
After installing vlc and using parole I managed to read a music DVD without any difficulty!gapan wrote:I have tried one DVD and it played fine. Then I tried another and had the same problem. Both play fine in 13.37. I don't know why. If anyone has any idea go ahead and say it.Tarugo wrote:Parole media player also doesn't play DVDs!
Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
I see that RC2 is up at:
(Sorry, the forum won't let me post links yet)
Is this safe to try?
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/files/14.0/salix-xfce-14.0RC2.iso/download
Is this safe to try?
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Re: Salix Xfce 14.0RC1
Yes, an announcement will be made shortly.Jonny wrote:I see that RC2 is up at:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/files/14.0/salix-xfce-14.0RC1.iso/download
Is this safe to try?