Recently I switched to a new machine. To problems I encountered with my new system were: 1. My hda-intel sound card was not working, so no sound. 2. Every time I entered to a display manager the system made a beeping sound. Continue reading
Category Archives: Tips and tricks
Creating a simple and effective Fluxbox menu
If you are using Fluxbox sooner or later you will more than likely find the default menu to be something you might want to tweak. Below are some instructions on how to create a simple and effective Fluxbox menu. Continue reading
Gentoo use flags
If you are using Gentoo one of the first things you need to do when you are installing (emerging) software is to define the use flags. Use flags are recepies for the system, which tell your Gentoo box how should it build its software. You can of course put all your use flags in /etc/portage/make.conf but the downside of that approach is that you will literally get all the use flags built as global features in every single package you compile with emerge. So, if you want to make a robust Gentoo box and reduce the packages size you will probably find yourself enabling use flags individually for every single package you will install. Continue reading
Fluxbox essentials and Darkone theme
Definition of Fluxbox (from fluxbox.org)
“Fluxbox is a windowmanager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT-License.”
Fluxbox also comes by default with a simple panel, which has capacity to show open windows, workspaces and opened windows.
Darkone (GPL) theme for Fluxbox
First, some screenshots from the theme and its wallpaper. Continue reading