Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
Cybe R. Wizard
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
On 2016-02-27, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
Thank you. Maybe I should try a different tack.
The reason why I use fvwm is that it is excellent for productivity and managing many virtual screens and having custom menus, especially on a big-screen desktop.
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
Thanks
Thank you. Maybe I should try a different tack.
The reason why I use fvwm is that it is excellent for productivity and managing many virtual screens and having custom menus, especially on a big-screen desktop. I typically have a lot of windows open, in
different virtual screens, doing several unrelated projects. Fvwm
rules for managing that.
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600 Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
On 2016-02-27, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid>
wrote:
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
Thank you. Maybe I should try a different tack.
The reason why I use fvwm is that it is excellent for productivity and managing many virtual screens and having custom menus, especially on a big-screen desktop. I typically have a lot of windows open, in
different virtual screens, doing several unrelated projects. Fvwm
rules for managing that.
Ultimately, I do not need Gnome3 or any Gnome, Unity, compositing,
etc.
However, I do need a few applets provided by Gnome indicator panel.
- Adjusting sound level
- User switcher
- Network manager
- Keyboard layout switcher (I alternately use English or Russian
keyboard)
- Possibly something else that I forgot.
Also, being able to access the Gnome application menu would be also
nice.
Is there, perhaps, some alternative indicator-type programs that I can
run inside a pure fvwm session? Maybe not from the gnome project?
Thanks!
i
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:29:49 -0600 Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Also, being able to access the Gnome application menu would be also
nice.
Is there, perhaps, some alternative indicator-type programs that I can
run inside a pure fvwm session? Maybe not from the gnome project?
Thanks!
i
I'd try different panels (and their goodies) to see what fits your use
case. I use LXDE, but with the Xfce4 panel because of the applet kit it
has.
Cybe R. Wizard
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
Thanks
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:05:08 -0600
"Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
Cybe R. Wizard
...although this site:
<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FVWM>
suggests using Xcompmgr to get, "simple compositing effects."
I don't know if that helps or not.
Cybe R. Wizard
At Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600 Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
With newer versions of Gnome, you cannot properly use some Gnome-isms without the whole Gnome-session. Stuff like nm-applet, etc. need some random 'magic' that only gnome-session is providing (some sort of dbus or something nonsense). So what you end up doing (what *I* ended up doing) was:
Fire up a full-fledged Gnome desktop, and use gconf-editor to change the window manager to fvwm. (In *my* case I also set the filemanager to /bin/true, which gets rid of the pointy-clicky file manager (nautilus), which *I* have no use for,) Note: Setting the window manager to fvwm with gconf-editor did not actually work. It just set the window manager to *none* (arg!), at least under CentOS 6. *I* ended up adding a 'Startup Program' that
started fvwm.
<sarcasm style="rant">
I believe newer versions of Gnome really insist that you really
ought to use *their* choice of window manager (metacity) and are not
going to let you do something else, at least not without a
*fight*. :-) And they really think you really should use their
pointy-clicky file manager. After all, your *keyboard* is an
obsolescent piece of equipment. *NOBODY* uses a keyboard to access
files anymore, right? Files don't name *names* they have *icons*. ></sarcasm>
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> writes:
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
I start Fvwm by booting to runlevel 3 with Fedora.
I use a .xinitrc that starts like this:
#!/bin/bash
. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
As far as "gnome-panel", I can't seem to install it:
[root@home src]# dnf provides *bin/gnome-panel
Error: No Matches found
For "gnome" or "kde" desktop stuff, I simply have Fvwm
build the xdg menus like this:
PipeRead 'fvwm-menu-desktop --enable-mini-icons'
(Check the man page, you need to add the menu(s) that creates
to some accessible menu.)
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:29:49 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
On 2016-02-27, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid>
wrote:
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600
Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
I'm pretty sure that Gnome(3) requires a compositing WM. FVWM isn't
likely to fulfill that role.
Thank you. Maybe I should try a different tack.
The reason why I use fvwm is that it is excellent for productivity and
managing many virtual screens and having custom menus, especially on a
big-screen desktop. I typically have a lot of windows open, in
different virtual screens, doing several unrelated projects. Fvwm
rules for managing that.
Ultimately, I do not need Gnome3 or any Gnome, Unity, compositing,
etc.
However, I do need a few applets provided by Gnome indicator panel.
- Adjusting sound level
- User switcher
- Network manager
- Keyboard layout switcher (I alternately use English or Russian
keyboard)
- Possibly something else that I forgot.
Also, being able to access the Gnome application menu would be also
nice.
Is there, perhaps, some alternative indicator-type programs that I can
run inside a pure fvwm session? Maybe not from the gnome project?
Thanks!
i
I'd try different panels (and their goodies) to see what fits your use
case. I use LXDE, but with the Xfce4 panel because of the applet kit
it has.
Cybe R. Wizard
On 2016-02-27 16:29, Ignoramus26452 wrote:
Thank you. Maybe I should try a different tack.
The reason why I use fvwm is that it is excellent for productivity and
managing many virtual screens and having custom menus, especially on a
big-screen desktop. I typically have a lot of windows open, in
different virtual screens, doing several unrelated projects. Fvwm
rules for managing that.
How about XFCE?
It is simple, it has all you mention, it uses some libraries from gnome,
and has a panel. I don't know if you have it in Ubuntu.
Ultimately, I do not need Gnome3 or any Gnome, Unity, compositing, etc.
However, I do need a few applets provided by Gnome indicator panel.
- Adjusting sound level
- User switcher
- Network manager
- Keyboard layout switcher (I alternately use English or Russian
keyboard)
- Possibly something else that I forgot.
Also, being able to access the Gnome application menu would be also
nice.
Is there, perhaps, some alternative indicator-type programs that I can
run inside a pure fvwm session? Maybe not from the gnome project?
Thanks!
i
On 2016-02-27, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
At Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:40:57 -0600 Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Additionally, if I start a GNOME session, and switch to fvwm with
"fvwm2 -replace", the session ends immediately instead of smoothly
switching to fvwm, as used to be the case.
Lastly, in a purely fvwm2 session, google chrome cannot access the
local password store.
I am hoping that some members here know the answer on how to integrate
fvwm2 with a gnome session correctly.
Essentially what I hope for, is a gnome session, with working
indicators, with fvwm as window manager. This would be the best.
Any tips on how to accomplish that?
With newer versions of Gnome, you cannot properly use some Gnome-isms without
the whole Gnome-session. Stuff like nm-applet, etc. need some random 'magic'
that only gnome-session is providing (some sort of dbus or something nonsense). So what you end up doing (what *I* ended up doing) was:
Fire up a full-fledged Gnome desktop, and use gconf-editor to change the window manager to fvwm. (In *my* case I also set the filemanager to /bin/true, which gets rid of the pointy-clicky file manager (nautilus), which
*I* have no use for,) Note: Setting the window manager to fvwm with gconf-editor did not actually work. It just set the window manager to *none*
(arg!), at least under CentOS 6. *I* ended up adding a 'Startup Program' that
started fvwm.
Was that on 14.04 ubuntu? Or something earlier?
It used to work to just start fvwm when in a gnome session, but now it
does not.
<sarcasm style="rant">
I believe newer versions of Gnome really insist that you really
ought to use *their* choice of window manager (metacity) and are not
going to let you do something else, at least not without a
*fight*. :-) And they really think you really should use their pointy-clicky file manager. After all, your *keyboard* is an
obsolescent piece of equipment. *NOBODY* uses a keyboard to access
files anymore, right? Files don't name *names* they have *icons*. ></sarcasm>
Well, you need brains to use a keyboard. So yes you are right!
i
I have used fvwm almost exclusively for the last 20 years. Used it
with my custom config that I modified from time to time.
I find it necessary to use gnome-panel inside fvwm, which always
worked great. I need that panel for menus, shortcuts, and, most
importantly, indicators. Those indicators are needed to switch
keyboard layouts, connect to networks, adjust sound level, and do a
few other critical things.
Unfortunately, in 14.04, starting gnome-panel inside a fvwm session
does NOT display indicators. The panel starts, but indicators are
missing. The only thing displayed is a keyboard layout switcher, which
also does not work correctly (does not switch layouts).
Install xfce-panel, it can do all you mentioned and more.
On 2016-02-27, Ignoramus26452 <ignoramus26452@NOSPAM.26452.invalid> wrote:
<snip>
Ultimately, I do not need Gnome3 or any Gnome, Unity, compositing, etc.
However, I do need a few applets provided by Gnome indicator panel.
- Adjusting sound level
- User switcher
- Network manager
- Keyboard layout switcher (I alternately use English or Russian
keyboard)
- Possibly something else that I forgot.
Also, being able to access the Gnome application menu would be also
nice.
Is there, perhaps, some alternative indicator-type programs that I can
run inside a pure fvwm session? Maybe not from the gnome project?
Install xfce-panel, it can do all you mentioned and more.
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