[Solved] openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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chazbroam
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[Solved] openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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I have this tablet/hybrid (older tablet with a built in stylus and attachable keyboard), which I put Salix Xfce 14.1 on (for my daughter), and then added with Gslapt practically all the OpenBox/LXDE packages (for myself). It doesn't seem to have the Salix Openbox menu that is on my other desktop. Is there a way to generate it? Am I missing a package? I would like to enable the compositor (and a slew of other things), which was a menu item for the OpenBox menu. I am a big tweaker, coming from Slackware official. I really do not want to hand edit OpenBox's menu file. I know how, but that would be so tedious. Currently I am using menumaker, which is not the same thing.

Thanks for your help (especially you, Gapan).
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Re: openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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The menu in the openbox edition is provided by the fbpanel package.
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Re: openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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gapan wrote:The menu in the openbox edition is provided by the fbpanel package.
This the right click OpenBox menu, not the fbpanel menu -- right?
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cbroam[~]$ sudo slapt-get --search fbpanel
Password:
fbpanel-6.1-i486-4dj [inst=yes]: fbpanel (panel application)
fbpanel is installed (but I am using tint2).
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Re: openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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chazbroam wrote:
gapan wrote:The menu in the openbox edition is provided by the fbpanel package.
This the right click OpenBox menu, not the fbpanel menu -- right?
No, fbpanel provides the panel, with the menu, at the bottom of the screen. The right click menu is provided by openbox itself.
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cbroam[~]$ sudo slapt-get --search fbpanel
Password:
fbpanel-6.1-i486-4dj [inst=yes]: fbpanel (panel application)
fbpanel is installed (but I am using tint2).
Then if you want to have the same panel and menu as the openbox edition, you need to use fbpanel instead of tint2.
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Re: openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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I am talking about the right click OPENBOX MENU, and -- no -- it is different than Slackware's OpenBox menu. It uses XDG I think a lot more. There is a menu within a menu on Salix's OpenBox (right-click) menu.

I am not talking about fbpanel's menu at all. I need help replacing a lost OpenBox right click menu.
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Re: openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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Ah, ok. You can install the user-settings-openbox package and look in /etc/skel/.config/openbox. You can copy those files in the respective location in your home dir. If you create a new user, these will apply by default.
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Re: [Solved] openbox/xfce 14.1 lost/missing openbox menu

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Thanks, Gapan. That hit the spot.
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