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Atticus

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Registered: 2007-06-14

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[SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

hey all, I've been playing with the new tint fork (http://code.google.com/p/tint2/)

I'm running a minimal openbox setup and am having a problem where I can't get it to load from my .xinitrc file.  However, it will load once openbox is running.  The error I get is ...

tint error : cannot found your desktop

My .xinitrc file is currently as follows...

tint &
exec openbox-session

Any ideas?

Last edited by Atticus (2008-05-21 15:41:56)

miggols99

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Registered: 2007-06-10

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

Try putting

tint &

after exec openbox-session like:

exec openbox-session
sleep 5 && tint &

I added sleep 5 so it will wait 5 seconds before starting...

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Abelian

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Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 63

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

I assmume the issue is your starting tint before openbox is loaded properly.

Try putting it in the openbox autostart file as:

sleep 5 && tint

EDIT: Ah didn't see the reply above...said pretty much exactly the same things

Last edited by Abelian (2008-05-21 15:35:02)

Atticus

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Registered: 2007-06-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

That line worked when I put it in my autostart.sh file and removed it from the .xinitrc file.  I have no idea why though.  But I changed the sleep time from 5 seconds to one second and it worked fine.  Thanks for your help!

Kane

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

would anyone care to make a pkgbuild please?

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 200

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

Here's the one I used for myself...I'll upload it to the AUR if it goes well for you guys:

# PKGBUILD by Redroar 5/21/08

pkgname=tint
pkgver=0.5.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A basic, good-looking task manager for WMs"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://code.google.com/p/tint2/"
depends=('cairo' 'pango' 'glib2' 'imlib2')
source=(http://tint2.googlecode.com/files/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('10a063b18bc38ff54ff484264313685d')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname/src || return 1
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install || return 1
}

EDIT: Use the AUR version for the most up-to-date one.

Last edited by Redroar (2008-05-21 21:54:09)

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bslagowski

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Registered: 2008-02-23

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

Worked beautifully Redroar, thanks!

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

bslagowski: No problem.

I uploaded it to the AUR.

I fixed it up so that it installs the license properly, now, too. I need someone to test build the package on 64-bit, but I can't think of a reason a simple program like this wouldn't work.

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SamC

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Registered: 2008-05-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

Redroar: It seems to work fine for me on x86_64, with the limited amount of testing I did (not really interested in task bars).

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with the new tint2 panel

Thanks, SamC. It's good to hear that.

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