magic fluxbox PLEASE.....

Request new features that might make using Gentoox better.
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Perfectly put. Like people asking for apache... not everyone wants that so it counts as bloat.
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you should make a configurable installer :P

no seriously i aggree with spathi bloat is terrible, if all the packages where under 10meg (individually) i would install pro and start afresh but dial up sucks and i cant download big stuff
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Dont bitch about dialup, back in the day.... Id download distro after distro on 56k.
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lol :) thats the thing tho.. we're still 'back in the day' when we should be using broadband :)

i know all about large downloads, i used to have a BBS! :) (ahhh the memories).
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i can bitch if i want.. im entitled to.. im still using it

there are areas more rural than me that are on broadband, why cant i be

i used to download huge back in the day.. but i cant find a decent account that allows for unlimited connection time anymore... i used to get 200+ hour connection times but now the max is 8hours (thanks spathi i appreciate it and i dont know what i would do without it) but its not 200+ if you know what i mean, i can barely download 50meg in that time
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HAH!!!! My connection would cut off after 2 hours... they have this great invention.. "auto redial".
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loki wrote:I tried emerge fluxbox, but i got an error at the end..... so y isnt it working for me??
late getting back to you, but I see others have replied :)

what error do you get? hard to help without it :)

If the error is with 0.1.14, then I suggest installing the dev release. Still 'light' but has some nicer features ... stable to.

also try searching in gentoo.org, as gentoox is a port of that, and you may find your error is in there. if not its gentoox specific ...

is it this one by any chance?

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=77912

let us know

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ill have to check the error later, but i do think its the error that the other fellow got(in that link you sent). ill prolly get back tomarrow as i have to get MXM as my default dash within five hours and i have to enable all the features in it(at least the good ones) :)
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scoobydu wrote:
loki wrote:I tried emerge fluxbox, but i got an error at the end..... so y isnt it working for me??
also try searching in gentoo.org, as gentoox is a port of that, and you may find your error is in there. if not its gentoox specific ...

is it this one by any chance?

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=77912
Thats the exact error i recieved while testing the emerge. using the solution provided in the gentoo forums fixes it. i have posted it below for future users:

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USE="-nls" emerge fluxbox
using that line will successfully emerge the stable fluxbox release. it also unmerges just fine too :)

please note using that line will disable support for other languages.
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Post by loki »

wicked! it worked!!! now all i have to do is wait for 3.0 to come out and install that and then reinstall fluxbox :o
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loki wrote:wicked! it worked!!! now all i have to do is wait for 3.0 to come out and install that and then reinstall fluxbox :o
Good to hear

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Post by loki »

BTW, any1 who installs fluxbox on their xbox PLZZZ read the man page on how to run it, i hate it when ppl ask the stupid Q's
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I've added a HOWTO on Installing ICEWM (small like XFCE, yet still usable for a linux n00b) with full Windows XP style theming
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i refer to my post in that thread
yuck! :vomit:
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