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J. Bakshi [j.bakshi at unlimitedmail.org]
Hello,
Is there anyone using icewm+idesk combination ? I have seen that wallpaper support is already there in idesk; more over changing the wall paper from a source folder is also possible. But is it all theory ? I can't get the wallpaper working in box. I am using idesk 0.7.5-4.
Any success from anyone ?
Please CC to me
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:32:02PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
> Hello, > > Is there anyone using icewm+idesk combination ? I have seen that > wallpaper support is already there in idesk; more over changing the > wall paper from a source folder is also possible. But is it all theory > ? I can't get the wallpaper working in box. I am using idesk 0.7.5-4. > > Any success from anyone ?
It works fine for me; I described the setup in the article that I wrote (http://linuxgazette.net/160/okopnik.html). You know, the one that I pointed you to at the time. Have you read it yet? Perhaps you should.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
J. Bakshi [j.bakshi at unlimitedmail.org]
On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:00:42 -0500 Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:32:02PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there anyone using icewm+idesk combination ? I have seen that > > wallpaper support is already there in idesk; more over changing the > > wall paper from a source folder is also possible. But is it all > > theory ? I can't get the wallpaper working in box. I am using > > idesk 0.7.5-4. > > > > Any success from anyone ? > > It works fine for me; I described the setup in the article that I > wrote (http://linuxgazette.net/160/okopnik.html). You know, the one > that I pointed you to at the time. Have you read it yet? Perhaps you > should. > >
Hello Ben,
Yes, I read it. But for me it is not working unfortunately. idesk always reports
Idesk starting in :1.0 [idesk] Background's file not found. [idesk] Background's source not found.
Though I have the configuration in my .ideskrc
#Background.Delay: 1 #Background.Source: /home/joy/pics/Father Background.File: /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg Background.Mode: Center Background.Color: #FFFFFF
And the file is also there.
joy@debian:~$ ls -l /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 joy joy 33493 Oct 12 2008 /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg
Don't know what prevents the wallpaper !!!
J. Bakshi [j.bakshi at unlimitedmail.org]
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:14:08 -0500 Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:04:37PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > > > > Hello Ben, > > > > Yes, I read it. But for me it is not working unfortunately. idesk > > always reports > > > > ```````````` > > Idesk starting in :1.0 > > [idesk] Background's file not found. > > [idesk] Background's source not found. > > `````````````````````` > > Well, idesk is telling you that it can't find either one. Go ahead and > post your whole .ideskrc here, and I'll check it out. > > > Though I have the configuration in my .ideskrc > > > > ````````````````` > > #Background.Delay: 1 > > #Background.Source: /home/joy/pics/Father > > Background.File: /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg > > Background.Mode: Center > > Background.Color: #FFFFFF > > `````````````````````` > > > > And the file is also there. > > > > ````````````` > > joy@debian:~$ ls -l /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg > > -rw-r--r-- 1 joy joy 33493 Oct 12 > > 2008 /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg ```````````````````` > > > > Don't know what prevents the wallpaper !!! > > Given the above, I don't know what would prevent it either; it all > looks pretty reasonable. > >
Thanks for your time. Any debug process to find out the problem ?
Here i my whole .ideskrc
table Config FontName: gothic FontSize: 11 FontColor: #37CFA6 ToolTip.FontSize: 11 ToolTip.FontName: gothic ToolTip.ForeColor: #0000FF ToolTip.BackColor: #FFFFFF ToolTip.CaptionOnHover: true ToolTip.CaptionPlacement: Right Locked: false Transparency: 100 Shadow: true ShadowColor: #000000 ShadowX: 1 ShadowY: 1 Bold: true ClickDelay: 300 IconSnap: true SnapWidth: 10 SnapHeight: 10 SnapOrigin: BottomRight SnapShadow: false SnapShadowTrans: 200 CaptionOnHover: false CaptionPlacement: bottom FillStyle: fillinvert # Background.Delay: 1 # Background.Source: /home/joy/pics/Father Background.File: /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg Background.Mode: Center Background.Color: #FFFFFF end table Actions Lock: control right doubleClk Reload: middle doubleClk Drag: left hold EndDrag: left singleClk Execute[0]: left doubleClk Execute[1]: right doubleClk end
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:04:37PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
> > Hello Ben, > > Yes, I read it. But for me it is not working unfortunately. idesk always reports > > ```````````` > Idesk starting in :1.0 > [idesk] Background's file not found. > [idesk] Background's source not found. > ``````````````````````
Well, idesk is telling you that it can't find either one. Go ahead and post your whole .ideskrc here, and I'll check it out.
> Though I have the configuration in my .ideskrc > > ````````````````` > #Background.Delay: 1 > #Background.Source: /home/joy/pics/Father > Background.File: /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg > Background.Mode: Center > Background.Color: #FFFFFF > `````````````````````` > > And the file is also there. > > ````````````` > joy@debian:~$ ls -l /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg > -rw-r--r-- 1 joy joy 33493 Oct 12 2008 /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg > ```````````````````` > > Don't know what prevents the wallpaper !!!
Given the above, I don't know what would prevent it either; it all looks pretty reasonable.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Steve Brown [steve.stevebrown at gmail.com]
Hi Guys,
J. Bakshi wrote:
> Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:04:37PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
>>> >>> ```````````` >>> Idesk starting in :1.0 >>> [idesk] Background's file not found. >>> [idesk] Background's source not found. >>> `````````````````````` >> Well, idesk is telling you that it can't find either one. Go ahead and >> post your whole .ideskrc here, and I'll check it out. >> >>> Though I have the configuration in my .ideskrc >>> >>> ````````````````` >>> #Background.Delay: 1 >>> #Background.Source: /home/joy/pics/Father >>> Background.File: /home/joy/pics/Father/Father.jpg >>> Background.Mode: Center >>> Background.Color: #FFFFFF >>> ``````````````````````
In the example .ideskrc file at: http://idesk.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Idesk-usage
it contains this:
Background.File: image.jpg Background.Delay: 1 Background.Source: ~/.idesktop/icons Background.Mode: Mirror Background.Color: #C2CCFF
which suggest that you need to provide these lines instead:
Background.Source: /home/joy/pics/Father Background.File: Father.jpg Background.Mode: Center Background.Color: #FFFFFF
Can you try having a go with them?
Good luck,
Steve
Steve Brown [steve.stevebrown at gmail.com]
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Ben Okopnik<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:57:06PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:14:08 -0500 >> Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
>> Any debug process to find out the problem ? > > I don't know of any. I've just tried using "strace", but it shows idesk > reading the config file, then generating the 'not found' message - no > other info. Seems to me that idesk is broken in this regard: it works > fine when I use it my preferred way (i.e., a random image from a > directory), but doesn't work with a specified single image.
As a temporary workaround, have several copies of the image with different filenames and have it randomly select from them.
Steve
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:57:06PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:14:08 -0500 > Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, idesk is telling you that it can't find either one. Go ahead and > > post your whole .ideskrc here, and I'll check it out.
[...]
> > > Don't know what prevents the wallpaper !!! > > > > Given the above, I don't know what would prevent it either; it all > > looks pretty reasonable. > > Thanks for your time. > Any debug process to find out the problem ?
I don't know of any. I've just tried using "strace", but it shows idesk reading the config file, then generating the 'not found' message - no other info. Seems to me that idesk is broken in this regard: it works fine when I use it my preferred way (i.e., a random image from a directory), but doesn't work with a specified single image.
Your best bet is to file a bug.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Deividson Okopnik [deivid.okop at gmail.com]
2009/7/29 Steve Brown <[email protected]>:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Ben Okopnik<[email protected]> wrote: > > As a temporary workaround, have several copies of the image with > different filenames and have it randomly select from them. >
or just one image in the folder? i guess that would work.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:08:28AM -0300, Deividson Okopnik wrote:
> 2009/7/29 Steve Brown <[email protected]>: > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Ben Okopnik<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As a temporary workaround, have several copies of the image with > > different filenames and have it randomly select from them. > > or just one image in the folder? i guess that would work.
[blink] That's brilliant. Sounds like it would work just fine.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *