openbox os settings: booting directly in desktop, wallpapers and transparency

[francois.e]

I am using openbox pclinuxos. How can I set to boot directly into openbox without the login manager? How can I change the wallpaper? Is there some way to add  transparency to the panel?

[francois.e]

Wallpapers

1) install nitrogen thru synatic package manager
2) with geany, load ~/.config/openbox/autostart and add the following lines:
##To restore the chosen wallpaper during subsequent sessions
nitrogen --restore &
3) Open file manager in root mode:
[fl@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost fl]# pcmanfm
4) transfer your favorite wallpapers in the /usr/share/wallpapers
5) openbox menu > applications > more applications > nitrogen ; from there choose the wallpaper that you want


Booting directly to the desktop

pclinuxos center > boot > setup autologin
(sorry for this one, I have been out of this forum for a long time  


Transparency

1) panel: it did not look like there was transparency until I changed the wallpaper. Transparency will be brought for the panel with right click on the panel > panel settings > appearance > solid color (with opacity)

2) windows: transset-df is a package that could provide transparency. However, it is not available from synaptic.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox#Window_transparency
Transset-df:
http://pkgs.org/download/transset-df

It seems, I would have to install it out of synaptic:
http://pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/Installing_Software_without_Synaptic

Is is the case?


Enjoy  

[melodie]

Enjoy  

Hi,

Welcome to Openbox ! !

But you might enjoy several other ways which are already setup defined and pre configured in the distro.

First, you will want to visit the directory /home/you/.config/openbox and take a look at the autostart.sh file. There, you will find comments (starting lines with a #) that will guide you.

So you have 2 ways to setup the background, already inside : with the feh command lines, just add the path to the wallpaper directory of your choice, or add the wallpapers of your choice to the directory already setup. feh offers 2 default choices and more choices you can discover later, but no icons on the desktop.

The second method is with the pcmanfm preferences : in the Openbox right-click menu on the desktop, go down to the menu Preferences > Desktop Prefs, this will open the pcmanfm preferences window where you can setup the default background of your choice.

if you choose pcmanfm for managing the desktop (in autostart.sh in the ~/.config/openbox directory), you will have all icons on the desktop that you can wish.

You can have the files and directories show if you put some there, and you can copy *.desktop files from /usr/share/applications, or even right-click in the app's menu entries in the lxpanel menu, and will have a choice to "add to the desktop".

The last way to configure icons on desktop is with iDesk, but not very easy as the program is out of age. I have done that for a "KDE/Openbox Chrismas" version I did for fun. Here is the result:






For some parts you have done well. For transparency, just hit the Openbox right-click menu : go down to Preferences then to "Transparency", or "Transparency, fadings", or "Transparency, fadings, shadows". It will set and unset xcompmgr-dana (should be in /usr/local/bin) in different ways.

For even more fun, I recommand you to read PCLinuxOS Mag Openbox Special Edition, available here : http://www.pclosmag.com/



Enjoy !!!    


PS: I have also made available a new set of configuration files, you can get them at this thread : Openbox : updated configuration files New New !

[francois.e]

Merci Mélodie. C'est exactement le genre d'informationque je recherchais. J'examine le tout, je m'en sers et je commente.

[melodie]

Merci Mélodie. C'est exactement le genre d'informationque je recherchais. J'examine le tout, je m'en sers et je commente.

Hi francois.e,

You are welcome. You look like someone who has ideas and imagination. You can join the French users in the International section whenever you want, you will be welcome. Maybe will you find some things to do to help us improve our localized versions.

We also have setup a wiki in French some time ago and it begins to have some good content. (All informations available in the forum "French").

Regards,
Mélodie