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http://phraktured.net/blog/?p=34
Anyone done anything similar? I'd be interested to know your stories/problems/etc
Also, anyone have any opinions on any of the pieces used there? Like "grub splashimages are shite!"?
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I've never used a grub splashimage, but I am using gensplash (fbsplash, whatever) to have a nice boot splash and console backgrounds. I'm not running anything like GDM, KDM or SliM, either. I'm currently experimenting with having periodically updated bump-mapped, hi-res, GIS enabled (show positions of storms and such on globe) globes via xplanet as my X background. I'm still working on that GIS enabled part, but the rest is working great.
I'm a fan of eyecandy because I feel that if you're going to use a computer for hours, then it ought to be pleasing to look at your user interface. I'm enjoying this xplanet background so much that I wish something more dynamic were out there for linux.
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I'm a fan of eyecandy because I feel that if you're going to use a computer for hours, then it ought to be pleasing to look at your user interface. I'm enjoying this xplanet background so much that I wish something more dynamic were out there for linux.
My eye cady usually consists of a bg image and a transparent/shaded urxvt terminal...
The rest is just fluff... though qingy should be fun to mess with
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I've usually got a few transparent aterms floating around. I also like transparent toolbars/pagers - makes them seem like they use less space.
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I tried to use fbsplash, but it never shows the image, currently I'm rebuilding my kernel with riva fb in the hope, that it changes things.
the last 'eye-candy' thing I changed on my system was to remove all gettys and just start into x, but I still have a fallback in my bootprompt (simply starting all gettys as normal).
with qingy I had the same problem as with fbsplash, but as soon as fbsplash works, I' ll try to setup qingy.
for my x-session I would like to have phrakture transfocus app working, but I guess it hast to be implemented into the windowmanager.
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yeah, the thing about rivafb is that it interferes with the nvidia modules. is there not a vesa fb module or something?
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Hm, then I'll switch back. The problem is vesa-fb does not seem to work for me with gensplash.
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I used to have qingy as my login-manager back in the gentoo-days I like it, it's a neat thing... But I haven't tried it on my arch-box yet...
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Then qingy pops up on 6/7 consoles
With SLiM running on the 7th
It looks like qingy can start an X session, why then would you run Slim on the 7th console?
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Then qingy pops up on 6/7 consoles
With SLiM running on the 7thIt looks like qingy can start an X session, why then would you run Slim on the 7th console?
a) To use them both, heh
b) Because SLiM will pre-start the X server, making the login a bit quicker
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