xfwm instead of matchbox-wm on debian?

Marcel tanuva at googlemail.com
Thu Sep 4 18:46:07 CEST 2008


What does your zhone-session look like exactly? I cannot seem to reproduce 
this... :/

-Marcel

Am Mittwoch 03 September 2008 23:02:48 schrieb Fox Mulder:
> I found a solution. With xfwm4 i now can change settings for all
> windows. When i set the keyboard window to "always on top" it gets over
> all other windows. Now it is useable within all circumstances.
> And the good part is that xfwm4 uses about the same amout of ram as
> matchbox-wm but is much more comfortable. :)
>
> Ciao,
>      Rainer
>
> Fox Mulder wrote:
> > Ok it seems it does work after restart. I only tried to kill matchbox-wm
> > and start xfwm4 (and matchbox-keyboard-toggle) but then it doesn't work.
> > Now i tried to replace the wm within the zhone-session file and rebooted
> > and the keyboard comes when pressing the key. :)
> >
> > Now i only have the problem left that the keyboard window isn't on top
> > all the time and some system windows are above the keyboard. So i can't
> > type anything into these windows because i can't get the keyboard on top
> > again. :/
> >
> > Ciao,
> >      Rainer
> >
> > Christian Adams wrote:
> >> moin,
> >> you could edit /usr/bin/matchbox-keyboard-toggle (simpley python) to
> >> open/close xvkbd instead matchbox-keyboard. you can also give xvkbd a
> >> -geometry <width>x<height>+<x>+<y> to tel it where to appear on the
> >> screen.
> >>
> >> (like i do in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup xvkbd -xdm -compact -geometry
> >> 480x210+0+430 &)
> >>
> >> regards, morlac
> >>
> >> Am 03.09.2008 um 21:01 schrieb Fox Mulder:
> >>> You have to replace the matchbox-wm line in zhone-session by xfwm4 to
> >>> start the xfce-wm. I also experiment with it at the moment but i
> >>> got one
> >>> big problem.
> >>> Everything looks fine after start and xfwm is running. Now it is much
> >>> more to my liking with window resize and move functions.
> >>> But the matchbox keyboard isn't working anymore (won't pop up after
> >>> key
> >>> press) which is a big problem. I think the keyboard is only properly
> >>> attached to matchbox-wm and not xfwm. Maybe it doesn't work at all
> >>> with
> >>> xfwm, but this is the point where i'm stuck at.
> >>> Does anybody know what i have to do to regain the matchbox keyboard or
> >>> maybe some other keyboard with xfwm when pressing the aux button?
> >>> I still have the "matchbox-keyboard-toggle &" in the zhone-session
> >>> file
> >>> before starting xfwm.
> >>> Ciao,
> >>>      Rainer
> >>>
> >>> Marcel wrote:
> >>>> Moin,
> >>>>
> >>>> I was recently trying to get xfwm running instead of the matchbox-
> >>>> wm on
> >>>> debian, but simply removing the matchbox-wm line from zhone-
> >>>> session only
> >>>> prevents xfce from starting at all, xorg comes up though.
> >>>>
> >>>> Where's matchbox-window-manager woven in additionally? Or where/
> >>>> how do I need
> >>>> to start xfwm4, isn't it loaded by startxfce4?
> >>>>
> >>>> -Marcel
> >>
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