Re: [gentoo-user] Fbpanel - Fluxbox - Gkrellm Questions

[Fast Turtle]

Turns out there's no shutdown group on my system now so it must be added
when kde is installed with powerdevil - oh well. Guess I'll have to either
create it or go the sudo route since I'm more concerned with what works.


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Fast Turtle <fturtle@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 21:56:05 +0100
> Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 06 Jun 2013 20:21:34 Fast Turtle wrote:
> > > Several questions/issues here
> > >
> > > Fluxbox
> > >
> > > I want to add the option to shutdown - reboot - sleep to the fluxbox
> menu
> > > similar to how KDE offered them using powerdevil
> >
> > If I can try to answer one of them, this is what used to work fine for
> me (I
> > don't really use fluxbox anymore, but have it there as a back up when
> > enlightenement screws up ;-) )
> >
> >       [exec] (Hibernate) {sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate}
> >
> >
> > > Anyone with working entries want to post em?
> > >
> > > Using Gkrellm and anyone have suggestions for a plug-in that offers the
> > > shutdown - reboot - sleep options (used to be one but?)
> > >
> > > Last is Fbpanel
> > >
> > > Tested it and although it's nice and offers the options, I can't
> modify the
> > > blasted menu as needed (where is it hiding the menu config?) and the
> power
> > > options all reference sudo (gnomes method) and I'd rather use either
> the
> > > same method kde did with same features (lock/logout shutdown/reboot
> sleep)
> > > so anyone with working configs?
> > >
> > > One thing I don't like about fbpanel is it's hiding of the fluxbox
> > > taskbar/tray (Yep flux now has a tray) so I'm not even sure I'll keep
> the
> > > thing installed but I'm willing to give it a try if I can edit/tweak
> the
> > > menu and such since it may prove usable in fvwm as I'm testing that.
> >
> > From what I recall Fluxbox had a tool tray for years, but I never used
> > fbpanel.  Instead Ctrl+scroll got me around my 4 desktops.
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Mick
>  Thanks for the feedback Mick  but I'm going a different route.
>
> Had to install the pm-utils package as that includes the suspend feature I
> want and have added my user to the shutdown group - easier then sudo and
> doesn't require a pw then.
>