XFCE Trisquel
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So I have only been using XFCE for an hour or so on 5.5 but I love it. I
don't want to go back to gnome 3.
I doubt I have the skills or the time but I would like to investigate
the possibility of creating a Trisquel XFCE respin.
Where does the regular Trisquel development take place? I'd like to
follow along.
Is there also some sort of design decision log? It would be great to
know what was added or removed to create a FSF approved distro.
Thanks
You need to create a metapackage "trixquel" or whatever you wanna call it that will reference all the standard xfce software to be included. Do the branding on the system, then debug the possible problems that will happen. There is a "bazaar" link to the right where the shell scripts are. There is a ubuntu-purge folder with a script that removes all non-free software.
You need to create a metapackage "trixquel" or whatever you wanna call it
that will reference all the standard xfce software to be included. Do the
branding on the system, then debug the possible problems that will happen.
There is a "bazaar" link to the right where the shell scripts are. There is a
ubuntu-purge folder with a script that removes all non-free software.
Maybe a new task to make an xfce-desktop metapackage would be a solution.
Maybe a new task to make an xfce-desktop metapackage would be a solution.
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Speaking of xfce, Does anyone have any idea on whether or not xfce4
works with orca? I'd like to have some idea before I install it and have
to re-install, lol. Trisquel blazes on my system and i've gone through
so many distros, fedora, ubuntu, debian, vinux which I'm still using and
keeping up with along with trisquel, and arch. Too complicated and never
could get to work right, so trisquel and vinux it is. On 04/19/2012
09:17 PM, name at domain wrote:
> Of course it's as easy as installing XFCE and since you have Gnome
> already included most of the Theme options are already there.
> Backgrounds, Trisquel icon set, Trisquel Theme etc.
>
> # apt-get install xfce4
Ocra seems to work in Abrowser on XFCE no problem.
However, Desktop interactions don't seem to work (by default anyway).
I quickly opened up LibreOffice Writer and it didn't work with Orca.
It will just take a little trial and error, tweaking preferences etc.
Ocra seems to work in Abrowser on XFCE no problem.
However, Desktop interactions don't seem to work (by default anyway).
I quickly opened up LibreOffice Writer and it didn't work with Orca.
It will just take a little trial and error, tweaking preferences etc.
Of course it's as easy as installing XFCE and since you have Gnome already
included most of the Theme options are already there. Backgrounds, Trisquel
icon set, Trisquel Theme etc.
# apt-get install xfce4
I tried Fluxbox and it was fast but it lacked features that I missed.
XFCE works great for me.
https://trisquel.info/files/Screenshot - 05212012 - 08:27:08 PM.jpg
An interesting little "problem" is that the transparency for the terminal window shows the background for the login screen. I could just be using the wrong terminal.
I would have tried Parabola but I got a boot error using the usb install. Another important issue is that I need the same option to install "alongside Windows" if I do decide to burn a dvd and do a net install of Trisuel or Parabola.
I tried Fluxbox and it was fast but it lacked features that I missed.
XFCE works great for me.
https://trisquel.info/files/Screenshot - 05212012 - 08:27:08 PM.jpg
An interesting little "problem" is that the transparency for the terminal
window shows the background for the login screen. I could just be using the
wrong terminal.
I would have tried Parabola but I got a boot error using the usb install.
Another important issue is that I need the same option to install "alongside
Windows" if I do decide to burn a dvd and do a net install of Trisuel or
Parabola.
hey guys I gues I need some help, I'am trying installing xfce4 but after installation I just can't login into xfce, but I can still use trisquel mini (openbox). do you guys have any idea what could have gone wrong or if I forgot to install something!?
here is how I installed xfce:
sudo -s
apt-get update
apt-get remove sylpheed liferea xarchiver
apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-indicator-plugin xfce4-cellmodem-plugin xfce4-goodies xfce4-linelight-plugin xfce4-screenshooter-plugin file-roller p7zip-full unar unrar-free gufw theunarchiver vorbis-tools flac lame twolame libflac++6 libquicktime2 soundconverter miro vlc asunder audacious abrowser exaile virtualbox scribus gimp gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras create-resources inkscape nautilus evolution calibre libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-gtk easytag
apt-get upgrade
With the GNOME Display Manager (GDM), you need to choose the session at the login screen. Although Trisquel Mini uses LXDM, I believe it must be similar.
If you have indeed chosen an Xfce session at the login screen, what is the exact problem you encounter? Have you tried launching Xfce from a terminal (one of those you obtain with Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6])? When I was using Xfce the command to run was start-xfce4.
With the GNOME Display Manager (GDM), you need to choose the session at the
login screen. Although Trisquel Mini uses LXDM, I believe it must be similar.
If you have indeed chosen an Xfce session at the login screen, what is the
exact problem you encounter? Have you tried launching Xfce from a terminal
(one of those you obtain with Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6])? When I was using Xfce the
command to run was start-xfce4.
I am a member!
Hi,
You have to install GDM or another display manager from synaptic and them login with Xfce would be possible.
Regards.
*duplicate*
actually I already hava a display manager installed and when I select xfce just nothing hapens :/
To have some information, you want to start Xfce from the terminal (I have not tried the following steps since I neither use LXDM nor Xfce... but it should work!) :
1) Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2 or... F6);
2) Log in the terminal session;
3) Stop the display manager with the command 'sudo service lxdm stop';
4) Launch Xfce with the command 'startxfce4'.
Either it will work (and the problem is to be searched in the configuration of the display manager or the X server) or it will crash and you will be able to read error messages to help you understand what happens.
To have some information, you want to start Xfce from the terminal (I have
not tried the following steps since I neither use LXDM nor Xfce... but it
should work!) :
1) Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2 or... F6);
2) Log in the terminal session;
3) Stop the display manager with the command 'sudo service lxdm stop';
4) Launch Xfce with the command 'startxfce4'.
Either it will work (and the problem is to be searched in the configuration
of the display manager or the X server) or it will crash and you will be able
to read error messages to help you understand what happens.
actually I already hava a display manager installed and when I select xfce
just nothing hapens :/
thanks for your response banana, I can run xfce from terminal, but to do so i have to loginto trisquelmini first, I am still looking for a solution to login comfortably from a gdm or lxdm! any idea how to fix it?
You can log in a "real" terminal (I am not talking about a "virtual" terminal that you would launch from a graphical desktop) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 after the initialization of the system (i.e., once you are presented the login screen), then entering your user name, and, finally, your password. From there, you can type 'sudo service lxdm stop' to stop the display manager and, finally, 'startxfce4' to attempt the launch of Xfce.
By reporting here what happens (is Xfce properly launch?; if not, what is the error message in the terminal?; etc.), we will have a better understanding of the issue. In particular, we are trying to know whether Xfce itself raises a problem or whether it is only about configuring the display manager (which is bypassed when you run 'startxfce4' from the real terminal).
Understand the problem is the first step to fix it. If we succeed, you will then be able to "comfortably" login from a graphical screen.
Does Ctr-Alt-T result in a real or virtual terminal? It is the first I have heard of it.
When does it make a difference? (I guess a real one doesn't rely on the x server, or something like that.)
Ctrl+Alt+T opens (in GNOME at least) a virtual terminal. Just try Ctrl+Alt+F1 (ou F2 ou... F6) to understand the difference. You can come back to the graphical session with Ctrl+Alt+F7.
There is, indeed, no need for a graphical server to run a "real" terminal.
@banana I tried to start xfce4 from a virtual terminal and from a "real" terminal like you suggested. both methods worked fine for me, but I wanted to start directly from xldm which didn't work for me so I installed gdm and it didn't work either. but then I uninstalled lxdm and now I can login from gdm, so this problem is solved for me!
I had the same problem mentioned in this thread : I had xfce4 installed, but the default DM would not launch it, just pause for a second and then prompt me again for my login / password. Also the Window Managers list was populated with seemingly absent WMs, like Gnome/openbox (I'm using a fresh trisquel-mini).
Magic Banana's post helped me to test that XFCE was indeed working.
And Alisee's one allowed me to solve the problem altogether.
Thanks!
PS - I did not had to un-install lxdm, instead just installing gdm triggered a selection screen for "default dm" and voilà :)
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