Oroborus Windowmanager
Oroborus Windowmanager
Is it small?
yes!
Is it beautifull?
yeeeessss!
Where is the problem?
It has no menue and no taskbar.
So it is ideal for "kicker", the KDE-Panel.
Or you use wxB-menue and fbpanel.
I added a Themeselector:
Install the oroborus-Dotpup, and if you like, the themes.
Then exit X and run "xwin startoroborus".
If your ROX-icons seem to "float" over other windows, remove the "-o" from "rox -o ..." in /root/.xinitrc
To customize oroborus, edit /root/.oroborusrc (if you have NO themes installed) or /root/.oroborusrc-personal (if you DO have themes installed).
Homepage:
http://www.oroborus.org/
wxB-Menue:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... t=wxbmenue
fpanel:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... 3674#23674
You might need the reboot-roxapp to be able to exit Puppy.
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... oot+roxapp
Or install the attached "deskmenu".
You can add the command "deskmenu&" to /root/.xinitrc to launch it with X.
With a click with the middle mousebutton on your Desktop, you will get this menue:
yes!
Is it beautifull?
yeeeessss!
Where is the problem?
It has no menue and no taskbar.
So it is ideal for "kicker", the KDE-Panel.
Or you use wxB-menue and fbpanel.
I added a Themeselector:
Install the oroborus-Dotpup, and if you like, the themes.
Then exit X and run "xwin startoroborus".
If your ROX-icons seem to "float" over other windows, remove the "-o" from "rox -o ..." in /root/.xinitrc
To customize oroborus, edit /root/.oroborusrc (if you have NO themes installed) or /root/.oroborusrc-personal (if you DO have themes installed).
Homepage:
http://www.oroborus.org/
wxB-Menue:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... t=wxbmenue
fpanel:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... 3674#23674
You might need the reboot-roxapp to be able to exit Puppy.
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... oot+roxapp
Or install the attached "deskmenu".
You can add the command "deskmenu&" to /root/.xinitrc to launch it with X.
With a click with the middle mousebutton on your Desktop, you will get this menue:
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Last edited by MU on Wed 16 Nov 2005, 11:57, edited 10 times in total.
- bombayrockers
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Yes
I used it for an own Desktop I was working on.
It also has a very clear sourcecode, so i was able to patch it for my needs, even though I am no good C-coder at all.
Maybe we need a small customization for kicker, to be able to exit Puppy without the reboot-roxapp or the menue mentioned on the oroborus-homepage.
I will look closer to this these days
I used it for an own Desktop I was working on.
It also has a very clear sourcecode, so i was able to patch it for my needs, even though I am no good C-coder at all.
Maybe we need a small customization for kicker, to be able to exit Puppy without the reboot-roxapp or the menue mentioned on the oroborus-homepage.
I will look closer to this these days
- klhrevolutionist
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hmm
Well the fbpanel menu is a mess, so good luck with that.
Although if the menu structure was easy enough. I would switch to using this
and fbpanel. Eats less resources = better performance.
Although if the menu structure was easy enough. I would switch to using this
and fbpanel. Eats less resources = better performance.
Heaven is on the way, until then let's get the truth out!
- bombayrockers
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MU it is fast and beautiful, but these are the problems i am facing
pinboard icons overlap the window manager
dock apps are not docked with kicker they keep floating on the desktop. I also tried using kdetrayproxy app dose not work with that either.
oroborus-theme-chooser also does not work it tries to find main.pb in ./ rather that ./resources. got it working by moving all pb to the same folder
Those tyring to test it with kde might want to remove the kdesktop.desktop file from /opt/kde/share/autostart to prevent the kdesktop from starting
pinboard icons overlap the window manager
dock apps are not docked with kicker they keep floating on the desktop. I also tried using kdetrayproxy app dose not work with that either.
oroborus-theme-chooser also does not work it tries to find main.pb in ./ rather that ./resources. got it working by moving all pb to the same folder
Those tyring to test it with kde might want to remove the kdesktop.desktop file from /opt/kde/share/autostart to prevent the kdesktop from starting
Bombayrockers,
>pinboard icons overlap the window manager
try to run rox without the -o option.
>dock apps are not docked with kicker they keep floating on the desktop. I also tried using kdetrayproxy app dose not work with that either.
Strange, here it works, clock, soundmixer, storage media
But i started kicker from a console, maybe that has an effect? Will have to test it more.
>oroborus-theme-chooser also does not work it tries to find main.pb in ./ rather that ./resources. got it working by moving all pb to the same folder
Strange too.. tried to run it from wxB-menue, from rxvt, from xfe, from rox.
Can someone confirm that
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I added "deskmenu" to the first message.
Mark
>pinboard icons overlap the window manager
try to run rox without the -o option.
>dock apps are not docked with kicker they keep floating on the desktop. I also tried using kdetrayproxy app dose not work with that either.
Strange, here it works, clock, soundmixer, storage media
But i started kicker from a console, maybe that has an effect? Will have to test it more.
>oroborus-theme-chooser also does not work it tries to find main.pb in ./ rather that ./resources. got it working by moving all pb to the same folder
Strange too.. tried to run it from wxB-menue, from rxvt, from xfe, from rox.
Can someone confirm that
----
I added "deskmenu" to the first message.
Mark
Maybe the KDE-problems depend on how you start it.
You might try a very simple .xinitrc:
Maybe set sleep to 2
What ROX-version do you use?
i still use the old one.
May test 2.3 tomorrow (time to go sleeping...)
You might try a very simple .xinitrc:
Code: Select all
#!/bin/sh
#
# add here other stuff from puppys .xinitrc
# like setting a background
#
rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
sleep 0&&exec kicker&
exec $CURRENTWM
What ROX-version do you use?
i still use the old one.
May test 2.3 tomorrow (time to go sleeping...)
- bombayrockers
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- klhrevolutionist
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error
How do I start this thing ?
At the prompt I enter startorborus, and I get this error,
error while loading shared libraries: libXxf86vm.so.1
Another thing, When this issue is resolved.
How would I start orborus & fbpanel at the same time ?
At the prompt I enter startorborus, and I get this error,
error while loading shared libraries: libXxf86vm.so.1
Another thing, When this issue is resolved.
How would I start orborus & fbpanel at the same time ?
Heaven is on the way, until then let's get the truth out!
Please make a more end user dotpup version
Hi Mark and who else is involved.
When things are settled a bit and most problems solved, could you please
make a dotpup that contains:
* oroborus wm
* theme selector
* desktop menu
* fbpanel
* puppy menu for fbpanel
* xinitrc ready to go for all of above
So that one can install just 1 pup file and then have oroborus+fbpanel+
puppy menu+themes...
Thanks for that!
PS
When things are settled a bit and most problems solved, could you please
make a dotpup that contains:
* oroborus wm
* theme selector
* desktop menu
* fbpanel
* puppy menu for fbpanel
* xinitrc ready to go for all of above
So that one can install just 1 pup file and then have oroborus+fbpanel+
puppy menu+themes...
Thanks for that!
PS
Have fun :)
I coudn't wait... missing lib!
Hi Mark, this is what I get after installing your 3 dotpup's:
LibXxf86vm.so.1 is missing. It is also not in usr_devx.sfs...
Do you have it..? Then probably you should include it in your dotpup...
PS
LibXxf86vm.so.1 is missing. It is also not in usr_devx.sfs...
Do you have it..? Then probably you should include it in your dotpup...
PS
Have fun :)
Thanks. Found it also in xorg682c.pup .. :)
Thanks. Found it also in xorg682c.pup ..
Just extracted it there and copied to /usr/X11R6/bin/libXxf86.so.1
Here comes aqua:
Looks great!
However the deskmenu doesn't work..? Will do a ldd there too...
Next will browse to the themes...
Then will try the fbpanel thing+puppy menu...
PS
Just extracted it there and copied to /usr/X11R6/bin/libXxf86.so.1
Here comes aqua:
Looks great!
However the deskmenu doesn't work..? Will do a ldd there too...
Next will browse to the themes...
Then will try the fbpanel thing+puppy menu...
PS
Have fun :)
deskmenu diesn't work?
I forgot to start it first
But then on right click I get rox..? left+middle click nothing..?
All libs are present with usr_devx.sfs loaded... But deskmenu needs
a HUGE amount of libs..!
Next will see how fbpanel get along.
PS
But then on right click I get rox..? left+middle click nothing..?
All libs are present with usr_devx.sfs loaded... But deskmenu needs
a HUGE amount of libs..!
Next will see how fbpanel get along.
PS
Have fun :)
No, it is even a bit larger, because the Window-decorations use .xpm -Bitmaps.
Oroborus with the oroborus-theme will use 280 kb on your harddrive, with all themes installed 3-4 Megabyte.
The biggest advatage of oroborus is the excellent NetWM-compliance, see the new post in the fbpanel-thread concerning Window-control.
And of course that it looks nice still being relatively small.
Mark
Oroborus with the oroborus-theme will use 280 kb on your harddrive, with all themes installed 3-4 Megabyte.
The biggest advatage of oroborus is the excellent NetWM-compliance, see the new post in the fbpanel-thread concerning Window-control.
And of course that it looks nice still being relatively small.
Mark
I know this post is real old .
i was hoping to find the oroborus theme changer for the dpup.
an .pet ?
i hope this works for other oroborus users - updated the old dotpup.
made with petmaker.
needs puppybasic to work.
i was hoping to find the oroborus theme changer for the dpup.
an .pet ?
i hope this works for other oroborus users - updated the old dotpup.
made with petmaker.
needs puppybasic to work.
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- MU-Oroborus-Theme-Setter.pet
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here is some new oroborus themes i hacked-up:
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- oroborus-new-themes.pet
- sidewinder oroborus themes
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