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[gentoo-user] Fbpanel - Fluxbox - Gkrellm Questions
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Fast Turtle
Jun 6, 2013, 3:30:02 PM6/6/13
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Several questions/issues here
Fluxbox
I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox menu similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
Anyone with working entries want to post em?
Using Gkrellm and anyone have suggestions for a plug-in that offers the shutdown - reboot - sleep options (used to be one but?)
Last is Fbpanel
Tested it and although it's nice and offers the options, I can't modify the blasted menu as needed (where is it hiding the menu config?) and the power options all reference sudo (gnomes method) and I'd rather use either the same method kde did with same features (lock/logout shutdown/reboot sleep) so anyone with working configs?
One thing I don't like about fbpanel is it's hiding of the fluxbox taskbar/tray (Yep flux now has a tray) so I'm not even sure I'll keep the thing installed but I'm willing to give it a try if I can edit/tweak the menu and such since it may prove usable in fvwm as I'm testing that.
Fluxbox
I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox menu similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
Anyone with working entries want to post em?
Using Gkrellm and anyone have suggestions for a plug-in that offers the shutdown - reboot - sleep options (used to be one but?)
Last is Fbpanel
Tested it and although it's nice and offers the options, I can't modify the blasted menu as needed (where is it hiding the menu config?) and the power options all reference sudo (gnomes method) and I'd rather use either the same method kde did with same features (lock/logout shutdown/reboot sleep) so anyone with working configs?
One thing I don't like about fbpanel is it's hiding of the fluxbox taskbar/tray (Yep flux now has a tray) so I'm not even sure I'll keep the thing installed but I'm willing to give it a try if I can edit/tweak the menu and such since it may prove usable in fvwm as I'm testing that.
Mick
Jun 6, 2013, 5:00:03 PM6/6/13
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On Thursday 06 Jun 2013 20:21:34 Fast Turtle wrote:
> Several questions/issues here
>
> Fluxbox
>
> I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox menu
> similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
If I can try to answer one of them, this is what used to work fine for me (I
> Several questions/issues here
>
> Fluxbox
>
> I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox menu
> similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
don't really use fluxbox anymore, but have it there as a back up when
enlightenement screws up ;-) )
[exec] (Hibernate) {sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate}
> Anyone with working entries want to post em?
>
> Using Gkrellm and anyone have suggestions for a plug-in that offers the
> shutdown - reboot - sleep options (used to be one but?)
>
> Last is Fbpanel
>
> Tested it and although it's nice and offers the options, I can't modify the
> blasted menu as needed (where is it hiding the menu config?) and the power
> options all reference sudo (gnomes method) and I'd rather use either the
> same method kde did with same features (lock/logout shutdown/reboot sleep)
> so anyone with working configs?
>
> One thing I don't like about fbpanel is it's hiding of the fluxbox
> taskbar/tray (Yep flux now has a tray) so I'm not even sure I'll keep the
> thing installed but I'm willing to give it a try if I can edit/tweak the
> menu and such since it may prove usable in fvwm as I'm testing that.
fbpanel. Instead Ctrl+scroll got me around my 4 desktops.
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Regards,
Mick
Walter Dnes
Jun 6, 2013, 5:10:02 PM6/6/13
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On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 12:21:34PM -0700, Fast Turtle wrote
* "emerge sys-power/hibernate-script" and set it up (I use the suspend
to disk option)
* In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I have the lines...
waltdnes i660 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff
waltdnes i660 = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hibernate
* In ~/bin I have script "hb" which consists of
#!/bin/bash
sync
sleep 15
sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate
I prefer to type "hb" from an xterm. You could set up a button to
execute the command...
sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate
...if you want to go the "menu" route. Similar comments for poweroff.
--
Walter Dnes <walt...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
> Several questions/issues here
>
> Fluxbox
>
> I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox
> menu similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
>
> Anyone with working entries want to post em?
>
> Using Gkrellm and anyone have suggestions for a plug-in that offers
> the shutdown - reboot - sleep options (used to be one but?)
An ICEWM user here...
>
> Fluxbox
>
> I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox
> menu similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
>
> Anyone with working entries want to post em?
>
> Using Gkrellm and anyone have suggestions for a plug-in that offers
> the shutdown - reboot - sleep options (used to be one but?)
* "emerge sys-power/hibernate-script" and set it up (I use the suspend
to disk option)
* In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I have the lines...
waltdnes i660 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff
waltdnes i660 = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hibernate
* In ~/bin I have script "hb" which consists of
#!/bin/bash
sync
sleep 15
sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate
I prefer to type "hb" from an xterm. You could set up a button to
execute the command...
sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate
...if you want to go the "menu" route. Similar comments for poweroff.
--
Walter Dnes <walt...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
Fast Turtle
Jun 6, 2013, 9:30:02 PM6/6/13
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Had to install the pm-utils package as that includes the suspend feature I want and have added my user to the shutdown group - easier then sudo and doesn't require a pw then.
Fast Turtle
Jun 7, 2013, 1:30:02 AM6/7/13
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Turns out there's no shutdown group on my system now so it must be added when kde is installed with powerdevil - oh well. Guess I'll have to either create it or go the sudo route since I'm more concerned with what works.
Mick
Jun 7, 2013, 2:00:02 AM6/7/13
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On Friday 07 Jun 2013 06:21:00 Fast Turtle wrote:
> Turns out there's no shutdown group on my system now so it must be added
> when kde is installed with powerdevil - oh well. Guess I'll have to either
> create it or go the sudo route since I'm more concerned with what works.
These are my relevant entries in /etc/sudoers to avoid entering a passwd:
> Turns out there's no shutdown group on my system now so it must be added
> when kde is installed with powerdevil - oh well. Guess I'll have to either
> create it or go the sudo route since I'm more concerned with what works.
ME BOX1 = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown -h now
ME BOX1 = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown -r now
ME BOX1 = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hibernate
after I have defined as:
Host_Alias BOX1 = <domain_name> <--could also use IP address here <--
User_Alias ME = <my_username>
PS. Don't forget to use visudo to edit your sudoers file.
--
Regards,
Mick
Fast Turtle
Jun 7, 2013, 1:20:01 PM6/7/13
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Took me a while to figure out what sudo was complaining about - my shutdown line includes a 15 second delay /sbin/shutdown -h 15 needed to be t=15. Once I solved that, it quit complaining.
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