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Douglas Willett

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  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    For general "searches", I like "Catfish", which is lightweight and set-up very nicely.
    • March 22
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    To make an app launch at start-up in an LXDE system, add @app-launcher to /etc/xdg/LXDE/autostart. For particular operating systems, the "LXDE" part of this address may be corrupted with the operating system's name (for example, "lubuntu-lxde" instead of...  moreTo make an app launch at start-up in an LXDE system, add @app-launcher to /etc/xdg/LXDE/autostart. For particular operating systems, the "LXDE" part of this address may be corrupted with the operating system's name (for example, "lubuntu-lxde" instead of just "lxde"). For Onboard, I think the correct designation is "@onboard".  
    • March 22
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    If you have a 32-bit system, then you should be able to install Skype directly from Synaptic, which is listed in the LXDE menu under either Preferences or System. If your system is 64-bit, then it is more complicated. See http://lxlinux.com/#10 for details.
    • March 22
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    Douglas Willett said:
    "But I have not found a menu-editor yet in Lxde."
     
    There are at least 2 menu editors available.  Lxmed is very good but requires java, which is a fairly heavy application.  Lxmenuman is very light but a little more complicated.  See...  more    Douglas Willett said:
    "But I have not found a menu-editor yet in Lxde."
     
    There are at least 2 menu editors available.  Lxmed is very good but requires java, which is a fairly heavy application.  Lxmenuman is very light but a little more complicated.  See
    http://lxlinux.com/#8 for details.
     
       
    • March 2
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    But I have not found a menu-editor yet in Lxde.
     
    There are at least 2 menu editors available.  Lxmed is very good but requires java, which is a fairly heavy application.  Lxmenuman is very light but a little more complicated.  See
    http://lxlinux.com/#8 for details....  more    But I have not found a menu-editor yet in Lxde.
     
    There are at least 2 menu editors available.  Lxmed is very good but requires java, which is a fairly heavy application.  Lxmenuman is very light but a little more complicated.  See
    http://lxlinux.com/#8 for details.
     
       
    • March 2
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Linux uses:
    http://lxlinux.com/crunchbang.html
    http://lxlinux.com/crunchbang11_32bit.html
    http://lxlinux.com/debian.html
    http://lxlinux.com/sparky.html
    • February 18
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R6:
    Watt has an LXDE desktop - openbox is the windows manager and probably doesn't include any panels in Watt, so a blank screen may be all there is.
    • February 18
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    http://lxlinux.com/#16
    • February 18
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Off-Topic Discussions:
    I've had good luck with lxde-core installed over Mint Debian xfce - http://lxlinux.com/debian.html. The main caution is to only keep the Mint sources open for the big updates that occur about every 4 months in LMDE.
    • October 28, 2012
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    Path to LXDE autostart is normally: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart. The "LXDE" part may be corrupted by including the name of the operating system.
    Computer alert sounds can be turned off by changing the two iNet entries in ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE...  more    Path to LXDE autostart is normally: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart. The "LXDE" part may be corrupted by including the name of the operating system.
    Computer alert sounds can be turned off by changing the two iNet entries in ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf from 1 to 0. In this address, LXDE may be replaced by the operating system name. See http://lxlinux.com .  
    • September 16, 2012
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    The problem probably is connected with the drivers available in your kernel for the nvidia video card. It has not occurred with Intel video cards. If you can find your Xorg,0,log file, it will probably give you some information about what goes wrong. T...  moreThe problem probably is connected with the drivers available in your kernel for the nvidia video card. It has not occurred with Intel video cards. If you can find your Xorg,0,log file, it will probably give you some information about what goes wrong. The log file showed in my failed install the following:
    > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
    > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
    Unfortunately, I do not have a solution.  
    • September 7, 2012
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    The LXDE shutdown command is: lxde-logout. However, this may be corrupted by the operating system used, so the best thing is to go to /usr/share/applications, and open with your text editor (leafpad?) Logout, or whatever it is called, and whatever the...  moreThe LXDE shutdown command is: lxde-logout. However, this may be corrupted by the operating system used, so the best thing is to go to /usr/share/applications, and open with your text editor (leafpad?) Logout, or whatever it is called, and whatever the exec equals is the command that you are looking for.  
    • September 2, 2012
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    You can edit any text file by simply navigating (with pcmanfm) to the directory (/etc) containing the file, left click "Tools", then "Open current Folder  as Root". Now scroll to the text file (rc.local), right click it and choose "Open with leafpad"...  moreYou can edit any text file by simply navigating (with pcmanfm) to the directory (/etc) containing the file, left click "Tools", then "Open current Folder  as Root". Now scroll to the text file (rc.local), right click it and choose "Open with leafpad", or any text editor. Finally, make your edits and click "save".
     
    It is advisable to make a copy of the original before you edit, just as insurance in case you want to go back. The quickest way to do this is right click the file before any editing, and click "compress". Then you have a compresses (tarball) version and the original present. After you have finished editing the original and saved it, and have tested the edited version, and your happy with it, go back and delete the compressed version. If you are unhappy with your new version, then delete it and click the tarball and choose "extract here," and you are back to where you started.  less
    • August 30, 2012
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett posted a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    New Old Website: lxlinux.com
    I finally broke down and invested in a domain name.  Things have been updated and revised in the "Beginners Guide to LXDE",  which is now http://lxlinux.com .
     
    • August 9, 2012
  • Douglas Willett
    Douglas Willett replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    There are many ways to correct your problem without a hard shutdown. The solution to getting the panel back is to put lxpanelctl restart into the terminal. How do you bring up the terminal without a panel? Use the keyboard. I always program windows (key)+...  moreThere are many ways to correct your problem without a hard shutdown. The solution to getting the panel back is to put lxpanelctl restart into the terminal. How do you bring up the terminal without a panel? Use the keyboard. I always program windows (key)+t for terminal because that is in my memory bank. However, you do not need to do that because Ctrl+Esc=menu and Win+e=pcmanfm  should already be in your system.  Pcmanfm has the nice applications menu on the left side, which includes the terminal, and you should also make sure it includes shutdown for just these kinds of emergencies. Most of this information is in http://douwil7.100webspace.net/linux/Tuning.html.  See, in particular, Sections 3 and 19.
     
    Also, you can just right click an empty spot on your desktop to bring up the Openbox menu, which includes pcmanfm, terminal and any other applications (shutdown!) that you choose to put there.  It is all explained in Section 3 in the above link.  less
    • July 27, 2012
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  • March 22, 2013 12:28:28 PM PDT
    in the topic How do I? in the forum Support
    For general "searches", I like "Catfish", which is lightweight and set-up very nicely.
  • March 22, 2013 12:26:43 PM PDT
    in the topic How do I? in the forum Support
    To make an app launch at start-up in an LXDE system, add @app-launcher to /etc/xdg/LXDE/autostart. For particular operating systems, the "LXDE" part of this address may be corrupted with the operating system's name (for example, "lubuntu-lxde" instead of just "lxde"). For Onboard, I think the correct designation is "@onboard".
  • March 22, 2013 12:06:26 PM PDT
    in the topic How make a install skype ? in the forum Support
    If you have a 32-bit system, then you should be able to install Skype directly from Synaptic, which is listed in the LXDE menu under either Preferences or System. If your system is 64-bit, then it is more complicated. See http://lxlinux.com/#10 for details.
  • March 2, 2013 7:11:31 PM PST
    in the topic Post your R7 wishes here in the forum wattOS R7
    Douglas Willett said: "But I have not found a menu-editor yet in Lxde."   There are at least 2 menu editors available.  Lxmed is very good but requires java, which is a fairly heavy application.  Lxmenuman is very light but a little more complicated.  See http://lxlinux.com/#8 for details.    
  • March 2, 2013 7:10:47 PM PST
    in the topic Post your R7 wishes here in the forum wattOS R7
    But I have not found a menu-editor yet in Lxde.   There are at least 2 menu editors available.  Lxmed is very good but requires java, which is a fairly heavy application.  Lxmenuman is very light but a little more complicated.  See http://lxlinux.com/#8 for details.    
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