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Hmmm ...

Right click on ADeskBar gives 3 options:

'Preferences', which does nothing.
'Refresh', which does nothing.
'Quit', which removes ADeskBar, leaving no other apparent option but to reboot.

All I did was remove LXTerminal (in Synaptic), which replaced its icon with the 'app-launcher'. Next, I installed Gnome Terminal & added its icon to ADeskbar: the result is a missing 'MadBox' icon/menu launcher. Unfortunately, Adeskbar does not seem to very configurable. I need a script, or a pure OpenBox set-up.

Thanks anyway.

hello,

I am trying out madbox, but I cant find a proper place for my question, but here it is with hope of info:

on updating this morning, I get following error message:

"Failed to fetch http://www.ad-comp.be/public/deb/./Packages.gz  403  Forbidden"

Does this mean the repo is dead ?

Hello from a live session!

Well, I've kept a loose eye on this thread for a couple few months now, tempted but never lured. As of lately, I've been like a "mad man" at the computer , trying to figure out exactly what it is I wan't on my netbbook and why. After much consideration and experimenting,  I've got it down to a triple boot of archbang, #!, and a debian sqeeze netinstall. I'm "commiting" to this set-up for a duration of at least one month.

So today I thought I'd break away from all the "hard work" and just goof around, but with what? DUH! Madbox of course...

Download was fast, as was the live boot-up. Once I figured out how to get my keyboard to speak in English, I was able to connect wireless without a problem. Got deadbeef playing some good blues music as I set off to check things out this Madbox.

Seems mighty fine. I've always had a thing for Peppermint OS for its minimalist approach and the fact that it's easy to forget that it is Ubuntu based. Madbox is even lighter, and seems very "UN-buntu" as well. While I can say that I won't be installing to disk, I will keep the live session around.

This distro might help inspire a certain direction for my Debian build. But if for nothing else, I think passing the USB stick down to my brother (when I'm done playing w/ it ) just might be the "miracle" that I've been waiting for. My brother Vista machine is driving him "nuts." Now, let's see if we cant drive him "MAD!"

Thanks ADcomp! I can already tell this is a fine contribution to the linux community.

Hi, I really like the way madbox has revived my old laptop. I especially like the clock settings - bold and very legible. Could the maker please share the clock format code here so that I can apply it to my other linux distros on other laptops.

Speaking of other laptops, is there any chance of a 64bit version of madbox. It would be really awesome since all of my other laptops are 64bit. The only thing preventing me from a complete switch to Madbox on ALL my systems is a lack of the 64bit version. Thanks!

I meant the format, font and sizing of the clock on madbox:

Do you know what code I can use to get my clock to display in this format with this font? It is very easy on the eye, unlike many of the other formats.

Last edited by tinyclave (2011-04-27 15:58:03)

Yes, but can you configure the clock in your lxpanel to look like the clock format in madbox? For example, see this post: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/some … et-styles/

Here the link to the description of possible argumnets for lxpanel's clock:

http://tcl.activestate.com/man/tcl8.3/TclCmd/clock.htm

Yes! he even has a new website: http://davidmadbox.wordpress.com/