Re: Fbpager quirk

Peter N Spotts <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.fluxbox.user
Message-ID <20070629083327.35c94fa7@Petes-laptop>
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:50:31 +0000 (UTC)
Lionel B <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:08:15 -0400, Peter N Spotts wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > I'm using Fluxbox v 1.0rc3 on Ubuntu Fiesty and use fbpager with
> > Fluxbox. I have fbpager set up to run in the lower right corner of
> > my screen with four virtual desktops. When I log in from a cold
> > start, fbpager shows only two virtual desktops out of four I have
> > set up. In fact, the pager looks as though it is setting itself up
> > slightly off screen, then showing the two desktops. When I use
> > gnome-system-monitor to shut fbpager down, and then I restart it,
> > fbpager appears on the screen as I originally intended, with all
> > four desktops showing.
> > 
> > What might be causing the cold-start conundrum?
> 
> Some details would help:
> 
> How do you start X? Do you use a display manager (gdm, kdm, xdm, 
> wdm, ...) or do you just use startx?
> 
> How/from what script do you start fbpager?
> 

I think it's Ubuntu's version of gdm. Then I have fbpager & listed in
the startup file in /home/~/.fluxbox. 

Pete

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