wbar desktop widgets aren't working

[dalebednell]

Hi guys
I have installed wbar and i have no desktop wiget's they are still there but do not on startup can any one help? thx

[CatDude]

Hello dalebednell

Hi guys
I have installed wbar....

OK

.....and i have no desktop wiget's.....

Fair enough,
but what "desktop wiget's" are you talking about

....they are still there but do not on startup.....

So,
you "have no desktop wiget's", but... "they are still there"

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Sorry, but i don't understand what you mean.

If all you are asking, is how to have wbar start automatically each boot up,
then just create a script in: /root/Startup (make it executable)
call it whatever you like.

Something like this will do it:

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#!/bin/sh
# Start wbar application launcher:
#sleep 5
wbar &

You could uncomment the "sleep" line (and change the time to whatever is needed)
to allow the desktop wallpaper to be settled before wbar starts.

Hope this helps
CatDude
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[Karl Godt]

Just a short comment :

I encountered wbar once on lighthouse 443 and it works but when i wanted to change the wbar settings somehow the Gui borked the entries in .wbarc or whatever the config file is named .

So i am not a 100% supporter of wbar .

Otherwise Lighthouse is one of Puppy's most sophisticated flagships !

[dalebednell]

HI catdude
Thanks for you response what i mean no desktop wiget's is the clock and calender from pwigets tiny desktop apps on startup. They are still in the menu>Desktop>Desktop setting>pwigets tiny desktop apps and click on apply they work,.But when i restart the computer they don'i start . Wbar is working fine every thing is as i want it and starts up when i reboot no problem just the pwigets tiny desktop apps. thanks

[dalebednell]

Hi Karl Godt
yha i now what you mean after three or four attempts at it i got it and it looks nice but it wasn't easy!

[CatDude]

Hello dale

HI catdude
Thanks for you response what i mean no desktop wiget's is the clock and calender from pwigets tiny desktop apps on startup.
They are still in the menu>Desktop>Desktop setting>pwigets tiny desktop apps and click on apply they work,.But when i restart the computer they don'i start .
Wbar is working fine every thing is as i want it and starts up when i reboot no problem just the pwigets tiny desktop apps. thanks

I'm no expert when it comes to the inner workings of pwidgets,
but by looking at the contents of a pwidgets .pet i have here,
it looks like it is auto-started via the following file: /root/Startup/0_show_widgets

The contents of which is this:

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fixwidgets -boot &

Do you have such a file ?

If not, then either create it (needs to be made executable),
or you may find a copy of it in: /usr/local/pwidgets/install/Startup/0_show_widgets

Hopefully someone more familiar with pwidgets will provide you with better help.


CatDude
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[dalebednell]

Hello Catdude
Thanks again yes i have that file and it is as you said. I have found another thread on this matter and ill try the solution.i'll let you know if it works.


Thanks again