Forum: Desktop / X-Windows

I need a file manager for my fluxbox. Gentoo reccomends the use of either gentoo (has nothing to do with the distro) and rox. The problem with gentoo...

I don't know what has happened, but everytime I open anything involving konqueror I get this error: Could not find mime type...

Is there a good website that is a how to on GTK+? I know about the reference manual and things, but they do not contains good howtos on some things.

Hello All.. When I attempt to "X -configure" to configure X, I get " pocknet ~ # Xorg -configure _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer:...

I'm not sure if they are even called that (runlevel scripts). I'm trying to insert a script into the 'inittab' sequence, to rsync a folder to and...

I'm trying to setup my desktop to use the KDE translucency effects. I've tried to get Direct Rendering enabled, but when my Xorg starts puts...

ok, ive tried to pull this off meesef but i don't seem to have the know how, i am using gentoo and whenever i am logged in to a wm like kde or gnome...

Hi fans Firstly, I have to apologize stealing your time with this -most probably- stupid issue. I have to admit that I spend half-night yesterday...

I have a really old computer and an old version of Mandrake that I'm slowly udating. The computer is a Dell L400c (the graphics card is onboard) and...

Hi For some strange reason both right and left shift keys have stopped working in GNOME. I would normally blame a kepmap problem, but they work...

hey all, i went to this site http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=46153 and i downloaded what looked like those 4 required...

Hi all- I started having this problem a couple weeks ago (seemingly out of nowhere): When I log in to Gmail, all instances of firefox are...

I've attempted to get it working, following some of the Gentoo guides. Though, I am getting nowhere. And I don't know why. Here's my xorg.conf...

Hi .. I downloaded a few zip files with Mac Icons from interfaceLIFT.. I extracted the zip files , and all I got was a few folders.. Among them...

Can't install JDE-FX: jde-fx-0_0_4.tar.gz, downloaded from http://jde.vectorstar.net # tar zxf jde-fx-0_0_4.tar.gz # cd FX # ./setup.sh ......

Hello, I am using Red Hat Linux 7.3 and I have trouble making the scroll wheel on my Microsoft Intelimouse Section "InputDevice" work....

What else is available other than these "window managers"?

Hello, I am new to programming in Xlib or any kind of windowing enviroment for that matter. I am writing an application that may be used on a wide...

Is there a way i can have a live cd that looks like windows but is really linux, i dont care too much what distrubution it is tho

Hi there. My X server has crashed. I was working in OOWriter and suddenly the application doesn't respond and I killed OO window using Xkill. After...