[SOLVED]Help for a tiling noob to use Scrotwm?

Have you checked this thread yet?
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … h-scrotwm/

I think all your queries should have been answered there already.

With regards to the background, it depends on how you're starting ScrotWM. If you're using Crunchbang and rely on GDM, you'll need to create a start script and edit the Scrotwm.desktop file in your /usr/share/xsessions to have it point to the script. I believe there's a post in the thread I linked to (by Gazhole, iirc) that has the details. If you're using the more traditional startx method, then all you need to do is add "feh --bg-scale /path/to/image &" to your .xinitrc

With regards to piping conky, please note that "bar_action  = conky" will only look for a ~/.conkyrc. If your conky config is in a different location, then you have to "bar_action = path/to/conkyrc"

Here's my ~/.conkyrc

# Conky configuration for ScrotWM Bar

##############################################
#  Settings
##############################################
out_to_x no
background no
out_to_console yes
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none
TEXT
       Kernel - $kernel   Processor - ${cpu cpu0}.00%   Memory - ${memperc}.00%   Swap - ${swapperc}.00%   Root - ${fs_used_perc /}.00%   Home - ${fs_used_perc /home}.00%   Temperature - ${hwmon 1 temp 1}'C   Uploads - ${upspeedf eth0}kb/s   Downloads - ${downspeedf eth0}kb/s

Note the the part below "TEXT" is a 1-liner. You can't pipe more than one line. Only other difference I see is my inclusion of "background no", not I'm not sure if that has any effect or not.

I don't run a tray since I don't have applets, so I can't help with stalonetray, though that thread I linked to above has some members discussing it.

Cheers~

Last edited by gutterslob (2011-09-02 00:11:29)

So far, Iv'e gotten  the background working, but I can't seem to get conky working. This is my .scrotwm.conf

color_focus        = red
color_unfocus        = rgb:88/88/88

# bar settings
bar_enabled        = 1
bar_border[1]        = rgb:00/80/80
bar_color[1]        = black
bar_font_color[1]    = rgb:a0/a0/a0
bar_font        = -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
bar_action        = conky
stack_enabled        = 1
clock_enabled        = 1
title_name_enabled    = 0
title_class_enabled    = 0

spawn_term        = x-terminal-emulator

dialog_ratio        = 0.6

modkey = Mod4

bind[cycle_layout]    = MOD+slash
bind[stack_reset]    = MOD+Shift+slash
bind[menu]        = MOD+space

quirk[Gimp:gimp]            = FLOAT + ANYWHERE
quirk[stalonetray:stalonetray]            = FLOAT + ANYWHERE
quirk[net-minecraft-MinecraftLauncher:sun-awt-X11-XFramePeer]            = FLOAT + ANYWHERE

Last edited by steampunknyanja (2011-09-02 01:49:01)

@steampunk

Is the bar flickering?

First, add the line

bar_delay = 2

to your .scrotwm.conf

if still no luck;

Just to be sure, you conky config is ~/.conkyrc right?
Does it work if you do this:

bar_action     = /home/<yourusername>/.conkyrc

Replace <yourusername> with your own, obviously.

Also, what version of ScrotWM are you using? Is it the one installed via apt-get/synaptic (I assume you're on CrunchBang) or did you grab the latest snapshot and install manually from source?

If it still doesn't work, try adding "background no" to your conky (or just replace it entirely with the one I posted above) and see if it works.

Lastly, since you already have the time displayed in your conky, you might as well set "clock_enabled  = 0" in the scrotwm.conf (no point having 2 clocks).

Last edited by gutterslob (2011-09-02 01:46:42)

Its not a big deal, im just running on a smallish monitor and it was a pretty big block xD.

@steampunk
I edited that prior post and added one bit about setting the bar_delay in your .scrotwm.conf.
Did you try that yet?

Last edited by gutterslob (2011-09-02 02:05:39)

Aah, remove conky from the startup script. Then quit scrotwm (Mod + Shift +Q) and then log back in again.
You only need conky to be specified in the scrotwm.conf if you're piping to the bar.

Last edited by gutterslob (2011-09-02 02:18:33)

If you're only using the tray for Network Manager's applet, you could try nmcli which is included, provided you're using network-manager 0.8.1 or later (I'm not sure what version is included with Crunchbang Statler).

Here's the first page googling led me to:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/1820/can … y-dock-bar

Then I searched for the man page:
http://www.linuxcertif.com/man/1/nmcli/

I can't help you with the exact command since I don't use NM (I use wicd on Debian and netcfg on Arch), but the syntax seems simple enough for most people to figure out. Once you've got the correct command sorted and you've confirmed your connection works, just add the line to your startup script. Not quite sure how you'll handle roaming, though....

Last edited by gutterslob (2011-09-02 02:40:18)

Thank you, this worked beautifully