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shazeal

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2007-06-05

Posts: 341

Re: KDEmod=unstable? + What WM/DE would you reccomend for me

This is my startup stuff (I start via startx), using trayer for traying stuff, hacked pcmanfm to handle the wallpaper (hacked to stop it putting the annoying My Documents folder on the desktop) as the compiz wallpaper + conky dont play nice together.
Conky to show random semi useful info, mainly to be my clock.

$ cat .xinitrc 
#!/bin/sh
exec ~/.xsession &
# Put urxvt or whatever your console is on this line on your first startup so you can run ccsm
exec compiz --sm-disable ccp

$ cat .xsession
#!/bin/sh
export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"
export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
scim -d &
trayer --edge bottom --transparent true --alpha 255 --SetDockType true --align right --widthtype request &
pcmanfm -d &
(sleep 8 && conky -d -c ~/.conkyrc) &
(sleep 8 && conky -d -c ~/.conkyrc1) &
(sleep 8 && conky -d -c ~/.conkyrc2) &
(sleep 8 && conky -d -c ~/.conkyrc3) &
(sleep 2 && volwheel) &
(sleep 2 && parcellite) &
xrandr -s 1280x1024 -r 75 &

I did kind of miss having a taskbar to start with but using expo + shading is so much easier than a massively crowded task bar and dragging stuff to the edge of the screen.

JeremyTheWicked

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 193

Re: KDEmod=unstable? + What WM/DE would you reccomend for me

That's nice. What do you need scim and xrandr for, though?

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shazeal

Member

From: New Zealand

Registered: 2007-06-05

Posts: 341

Re: KDEmod=unstable? + What WM/DE would you reccomend for me

Scim is so I can type in にほんご and xrandr sets my screen resolution since the nvidia driver for some reason forces X to use 1280x1024@60hz instead of 1280x1024@75hz.

cwjiof

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From: Taichung, TW

Registered: 2008-01-27

Posts: 131

Re: KDEmod=unstable? + What WM/DE would you reccomend for me

In my opinion, LXDE is a wonderful WM or DE. Why not try it?

JeremyTheWicked

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 193

Re: KDEmod=unstable? + What WM/DE would you reccomend for me

@shazeal: I tried your config but it throws some errors at me. I don't have the time now to solve this so I stay with GNOME for now. It's so much more stable than KDE, at least on my machine.

@cwjlof: I'll try it when I have some spare time.

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arch(3) adj amused because you think you understand something better than other people ;P