Lockscreen & Openbox help

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-23 03:52:15

Hey Team

I am just setting up openbox on my Arch setup and I am looking for some suggestions on a nice looking lock screen to use.

Also when I super+d to show the desktop my conky also minimises, how do I avoid this happening?

Cheers in advance.

Last edited by Döbbie03 (2016-10-23 05:53:00)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-10-23 09:08:03

Dobbie03 wrote:

nice looking lock screen

I really like Meskarune's i3lock-fancy:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191339

Although my personal preference is slock

damo · 2016-10-23 10:24:30

Dobbie03 wrote:

...
Also when I super+d to show the desktop my conky also minimises, how do I avoid this happening?
Cheers in advance.

own_window_type desktop

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-10-23 10:44:18

^ or:

own_window_type = 'desktop',

for the version of conky used in Arch

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-23 17:04:24

Cheers fellows. The conky change worked a treat. I came across Slimlock which I am using for now but that i3lock-fancy looks so good.

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-23 20:42:34

Another questions team, what is the notification app used in BL?

damo · 2016-10-23 20:52:43

Dobbie03 wrote:

Another questions team, what is the notification app used in BL?

The command is 'notify-send', from the package 'libnotify-bin'

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Döbbie03 · 2016-10-23 22:03:37

damo wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
Another questions team, what is the notification app used in BL?
The command is 'notify-send', from the package 'libnotify-bin'

Thanks damo.

Sorry if my questions seem noobish, I am very new to setting up Openbox from scratch.

damo · 2016-10-23 22:09:41

^ S'OK - I knew the command, but I had to check which package it is from! So we both learned something - Result

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-23 22:16:55

damo wrote:

^ S'OK - I knew the command, but I had to check which package it is from! So we both learned something - Result

That is the best result!

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-23 23:10:32

Grrrr....so frustrating. I can't get bloody xfce4-notify to change themes or adhere to any of the settings....

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-24 01:00:30

Another thing I would like to know is how do I add notification for the plugging/unplugging of any USB devices?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-10-24 07:18:18

Dobbie03 wrote:

I can't get bloody xfce4-notify to change themes or adhere to any of the settings....

If you want to theme components from the XFCE desktop then you have to add this line to your desktop startup script:

xfsettingsd

Then use this to change the theming and suchlike:

xfce4-settings-manager

At this point you should probably also add this to ~/.xsessionrc (if you use a display manager) or your shell login configuration file:

export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE

So you can use `exo-preferred-applications` and all the other bits.

Or just run the XFCE desktop...

notification for the plugging/unplugging of any USB devices

In BL that is handled by thunar & gvfs.

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-24 07:29:17

Cheers Mr H_o_a_S, you have been most helpful as always.

damo · 2016-10-24 07:41:22

Dobbie03 wrote:

Another thing I would like to know is how do I add notification for the plugging/unplugging of any USB devices?

You could also add a udev rule

Döbbie03 · 2016-10-25 05:24:45

damo wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
Another thing I would like to know is how do I add notification for the plugging/unplugging of any USB devices?
You could also add a udev rule

Good call, I'll look into that.

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