Lean and mean XFCE 15

[rmcellig]

I have this version installed on my iMac in a seperate partition and it works great! Now I want to make it even leaner. I installed Openbox, Nitrogen and Tint2. So far the only way I can launch them is from the command line. How do I have tint2 and nitrogen start up automatically when I log back in in the Openbox DE?

I have Crunchbang 11 installed in a seperate partition as well. There is one thing it doesn't do that Mint 15 does and that is record properly from the Audio Line-In port. Therefore, I want to make my Mint 15 as close as possible in terms of functionality as Crunchbang. Lean and fast.

[Spec-chum]

If you use

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exec openbox-session

in .xinitrc you can just add anything you want to autostart in openbox to

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~/.config/openbox/autostart

Just remember to put '&' after them:

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tint2 &
nitrogen --restore &

[rmcellig]

Thanks! I was looking for the autostart file but I don't have one. Do I just create new one? Or maybe I can copy the one from my Crunchbang partition over and modify that. Same goes for the initrc file. Isn't that in my home directory? I can view all my hidden files.

[Spec-chum]

What DM are you using? Exactly how are you starting openbox?

[rmcellig]

When I log into Mint 15 xfce, I select Openbox from the drop down menu. Once booted in, I fire up a couple of terminals. One for tint2 an the other for nitrogen.

[Spec-chum]

OK, so I'm guessing you're using MDM?

Did you try adding the autostart file as above?

[rmcellig]

I couldn't find the .xinitrc file so I could edit it.

[CapitalG]

a mint openbox would be epic!

[Spec-chum]

I couldn't find the .xinitrc file so I could edit it.

You don't need one if you're using MDM, that's not the file you need to edit.

Create/edit this one:

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~/.config/openbox/autostart

[Spec-chum]

a mint openbox would be epic!

What's stopping you?

rmcellig is halfway there already!

Go for it, everything you need is in the repos...

[rmcellig]

Sorry but what does MDM mean again?

Here is my autostart file that I took from Crunchbang and I know I will have to edit it.

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## GNOME PolicyKit and Keyring
eval $(gnome-keyring-daemon -s --components=pkcs11,secrets,ssh,gpg) &

## Set root window colour
hsetroot -solid "#2E3436" &

## Group start:
## 1. nitrogen - restores wallpaper
## 2. tint2 panel
(\
nitrogen --restore && \
sleep 2s && \
tint2 \
) &

## Volume control for systray
(sleep 2s && pnmixer) &

## Volume keys daemon
xfce4-volumed &

## Enable power management
xfce4-power-manager &

## Start Thunar Daemon
thunar --daemon &

## Detect and configure touchpad. See 'man synclient' for more info.
if egrep -iq 'touchpad' /proc/bus/input/devices; then
    synclient VertEdgeScroll=1 &
    synclient TapButton1=1 &
fi

## Start xscreensaver
xscreensaver -no-splash &

## Start Clipboard manager
(sleep 3s && clipit) &

## Set keyboard settings - 250 ms delay and 25 cps (characters per second) repeat rate.
## Adjust the values according to your preferances.
xset r rate 250 25 &

## Turn on/off system beep
xset b off &

[rmcellig]

Yes I am using MDM. You mean the login window that comes up on system startup?

I see a list of options and one of them is Openbox. That's the one I select.

[rmcellig]

I just restarted into my Openbox session and it works great! Now what I want to do is increase the mouse size.

In Crunchbang, I put this in the .xresources file:

Xcursor.size: 60

Would I do the same in Mint to get the same effect?

[CapitalG]

a mint openbox would be epic!

What's stopping you?

rmcellig is halfway there already!

Go for it, everything you need is in the repos...

openbox takes a lot of configuring. something like crunchbang or manjaro openbox get you off to a nice start. i would like a openbox mint but ive tried it before and never get it to work like crunchbang.

[Spec-chum]

a mint openbox would be epic!

What's stopping you?

rmcellig is halfway there already!

Go for it, everything you need is in the repos...

openbox takes a lot of configuring. something like crunchbang or manjaro openbox get you off to a nice start. i would like a openbox mint but ive tried it before and never get it to work like crunchbang.

I've never used {crucnch|arch}bang but I'd be happy to post my rc.xml if anyone's interested. It's got a few tweaks including full window snapping/unsnapping with both keyboard and mouse (unsnapping is my edits in the rc but mouse snapping is via https://github.com/lawl/opensnap on git).

At least then you wouldn't have to start from scratch. Plus I'm more than happy to help anyone set up openbox.