Openbox solutions

[ryokimball]

Good afternoon! I'm trying to find the perfect X11 configuration for me. I like Openbox very very much, but there are some things that I still can't seem to find out how to do. And so I am wondering, would it be too much to ask for you all to post some "l33t" configurations of Openbox or Fluxbox (and the like) with at least links to details on how they have been setup as such?
Some of the specific things I'm looking for:

• Background configurations (I know there are plenty out there; in truth, I like the plain black that is default with "openbox," but "openbox-session" has a shade lighter, which bugs the mess out of me)

• different panels (and a separate quick-launch bar, if you can find one...)

• Something similar to a status bar, where I can display what drives/media are currently mounted/inserted, as well as memory in use, processor speed and temp, and other useful information.

Sorry to just blatantly ask for this kind of help, but the more I look, the less I can really tell what it is I'm looking for, if you get what I mean.

[bidi]

You can check freshmeat's theme site... that's where I usually go for themes:

themes.freshmeat.net

[Thrillhouse]

I use openbox too. It takes a little bit longer to get those things set up but it's great when you have things exactly as you want them.

Some of the specific things I'm looking for:

• Background configurations (I know there are plenty out there; in truth, I like the plain black that is default with "openbox," but "openbox-session" has a shade lighter, which bugs the mess out of me)

I use feh for this. Openbox comes with an autostart script located in ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh that will set the wallpaper each time you start. Just add something like:

feh --bg-scale /path/to/wallpaper.jpg

• different panels (and a separate quick-launch bar, if you can find one...)

You have a wide variety to choose from. You can use the Gnome or xfce panels. I use pypanel. There's also tint, visibility, etc.

• Something similar to a status bar, where I can display what drives/media are currently mounted/inserted, as well as memory in use, processor speed and temp, and other useful information.

Conky's great for%2

[ryokimball]

I use feh for this.

I'm about to decide to use this (i.e., an image for a background) instead, but what I'm actually wanting to do is just change the background color to a truer black, like the regular Openbox (but not Openbox-session) is (without having to run another program).

You have a wide variety to choose from. You can use the Gnome or xfce panels. I use pypanel. There's also tint, visibility, etc.

I use pypanel, and love it, but I know that there could be a better configuration for me. I'll probably make one once I get into scripting and programming in Linux more (I'm stuck in Windows for this until the school semester is over...)
I will check those out, too. And freshmeats.com (thanks for that, too, bidi), but I got distracted when I realized that my default programs aren't as I'd like them....

[Thrillhouse]

As promised:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...tml#post564997

I'm about to decide to use this (i.e., an image for a background) instead, but what I'm actually wanting to do is just change the background color to a truer black, like the regular Openbox (but not Openbox-session) is (without having to run another program).

I guess I'm still not sure what exactly you mean but what about creating a new image in The Gimp and painting it entirely black?

I use pypanel, and love it, but I know that there could be a better configuration for me. I'll probably make one once I get into scripting and programming in Linux more (I'm stuck in Windows for this until the school semester is over...

pypanel's not too difficult to configure. The config file is pretty self-explanatory, besides having to know the hex triplets for the colors you want, but that's what Agave's for.

Anyways, let us know what you end up with.

[ryokimball]

Well, I was having trouble with Feh, but in the midst I figured out what was causing my background colouring problem:

BG="000000"
if which hsetroot >/dev/null; then
    BG=hsetroot
else
    if which esetroot >/dev/null; then
	BG=esetroot
    else
	if which xsetroot >/dev/null; then
	    BG=xsetroot
	fi
    fi
fi
test -z $BG || $BG -solid "#303030"

Oops. I just changed the hex to flat 0's and got pure black back. I'm not sure what the if's do, but I'm gonna play with it and see if it's necessary....

Anyways, I'm not too desperate to get a final result (turns out that the toy I'm designing this all for will cost probably a couple of thousand dollars just to design the motherboard....), but I quite probably will at least post the pic on the screenshots.

BTW thanks again (past and future)