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I've just installed a fresh copy of arch, and then also openbox + pypanel. because I have problem with setting up my wireless connection through wpa_supplicant I have decided to replace it with a network manager applet (like the one in ubuntu). I've visited this site and did as following:
1. added in ~/.xinitrc
pypanel&
exec openbox
(I'm using startx)
2. installed
pacman -S hicolor-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme
(because I use WM as stand-alone)
3. as next
pacman -S cnetworkmanager
4. then edited rc.conf
DAEMONS=( ... !network hal networkmanager..).
I've tried to run the command /etc/rc.d/networkmanager start as a root and a normal user - but both gave me [FAILD].
I'm trying to build very minimalistic system and making almost everything manual but I would like to have the applet manager starting with my pypanel or tint2 automatically (problems with wpa_supplicant and hidden SSID). I would like to achieve such a thing
EDIT: I would like also to get the speaker-icon on my panel.
Last edited by bierni (2010-07-16 16:01:44)
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Did you do the stuff under "Set hostname" and "Add user to network group"?
Did you do this?:
/etc/rc.d/network stop
Have you logged out and back in after adding your user to the network group?
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yes I did. panel is still almost blank - only clock, date and desktop number.
Last edited by bierni (2010-07-16 19:12:54)
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Oh, I'm sorry. I see what is happening here. You installed cnetworkmanager, which is a command-line only version of networkmanager. Uninstall that and then install network-manager-applet.
pacman -Rsn cnetworkmanager
pacman -S network-manager-applet
Then, in ~/.xinitrc do this:
pypanel&
nm-applet&
exec openbox
As for the volume, you should install volwheel from the AUR and also add that to your .xinitrc.
A few suggestions:
Instead of using .xinitrc, openbox has its own autostart file in ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh. Edit that file to have pypanel&, nm-applet&, etc. Then do:
chmod +x ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
Then change your ~.xinitrc to this:
exec ck-launch-session openbox-session
The ck-launch-session will allow you to shutdown, reboot, etc from inside openbox and the openbox-session command makes openbox run the autostart.sh script.
I'll also suggest using Nitrogen or feh to set your wallpaper. They are in the wiki.
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I must have done something wrong (maybe bad sequence) but I did it again and now everything is starting with openbox session correctly.
still got some questions:
1.
openbox has its own autostart
,
Then change your ~.xinitrc
xinitrc starts x-window etc. and autostart.sh - it looks like it's doing, at some level (starting x-window etc) the same thing .so why not to keep everything in one place? or autostart.sh is just a simple script which is related to xinitrc?
2.
The ck-launch-session will allow you to shutdown, reboot, etc from inside openbox and the openbox-session command makes openbox run the autostart.sh script.
I'm trying to work only with terminal but if you mention it - I don't see this options - I have to reboot etc. direct from console. the only thing I have under my right-click menu is Log Off.
thank you for the answers!
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Openbox-session launches autostart.sh (if it exists). Autostart.sh is an Openbox file for launching programs you want on startup like panels, tray icons, conky, etc.
Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-07-16 20:46:58)
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