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On 8/23/18 3:55 AM, Mick wrote: |
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> On Thursday, 23 August 2018 02:09:55 BST Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>> Next... has anyone gotten icewm-1.4.2 to not crash? I simply cannot |
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>> get it to run on any of 4 Gentoo machines. I've given up and migrated |
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>> one over to Fluxbox. The others are being held back at 1.3.2 and |
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>> package-masking newer ICEWM ebuilds. If nothing pops up soon, I'll have |
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>> to move them over to Fluxbox. |
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Sorry Walter, I do not use icewm or fluxbox, but they are listed here |
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with other "window managers" |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Category:Window_manager |
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I currently on lxde, waiting on migration to lxqt (maybe). |
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lxde-base/lxde-common-0.99.2 |
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lxde-base/lxde-meta-0.5.5-r5 |
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lxde-base/lxterminal-0.3.1 |
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x11-wm/openbox-3.6.1 |
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and I have transient (3-button) mouse function issues across a variety |
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of scenarios. MY system has more than ample resources for what I do |
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(FX-8350+32Gram). |
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The left mouse button goes to sleep. I have to click it dozens of times |
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to wake up. "Focus" does not always follow as it is setup to do, |
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requiring left button clicks to correct. Mouse just dissapears for 3-20 |
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seconds. just to name a few issues. Other times it is flawless. |
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I think Mick has a valid argument below. |
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> Unfortunately, smaller window managers are not maintained reliably on Gentoo. |
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Agreed! |
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> I suspect there is a lack of younger blood coming through the ranks. My |
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> enlightenment desktops are so buggy presently, I was considering what to move |
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> to. There are a couple of bugs on 1.4.2 reported in bugzilla for icewm and |
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> the last one has "maintainer-wanted" as assignee. Previous bugs had |
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> Polynomial-C as the assignee. |
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> Check if this describes what you've come across, but there is no fix proposed |
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> yet: |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=646540 |
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Not my issue but your statement about WM of a lesser kind not supported |
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well is spot on. I wonder if lxqt is better and worth the migration? |
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I wonder what's the best long term strategy for a robustly supported |
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light weight windows manager and associated minimal desktop? Will it be |
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robustly support in gentoo? |
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The arm64 dev boards are getting close to being ample for my needs |
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(mouse+keyboard+hdmi+usb) interfaces to the HPC clusters I've been |
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working on. 4G_of_ddr4 will do the trick. Long term, these |
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'power_hogging' workstation/servers will only be brought online, when |
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needed and on cold nights. |
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So; I'm very interested in what others, with minimal desktop interfaces, |
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have in mind. I'm just not up on these issues, and would really like to |
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'follow the herd' on gui_desktop minimization options. |
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I just ordered a galaxynote9 and may consider it for a (gui) terminal |
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interface to the (gentoo) HPC clusters, depending on the interfaces it |
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comes with. |
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Any and all suggestions for a pathway forward for a stable and minimal |
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windows manager is greatly appreciated. |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LXDE |
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https://lxqt.org/ |
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curiously, |
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James |