ceWM is a window manager for the X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different themes that allow it to imitate the GUI of Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 7, OS/2, Motif, and other graphical user interfaces. Additional features include multiple workspaces, opaque move/resize, taskbar, window list, mailbox status and configurable clock.
Questions tagged [icewm]
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How to restart icewm from the command line?
I'm looking for a way to bind for example the Ctrl+Alt+Ins key combination to a command line that would restart icewm (just to make it read the configuration files again and be aware of the edits).
So what should go into that .icewm/keys file ?
key…
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notify-send fails to specify a destination, and my notification doesn't appear onscreen. Why?
Notification through libnotify seems to work under icewm, as the different notifications from applications like konversation show. But I can't get it to work from the command line using the notify-send command. When I try it, the notification…
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Bind MetaL in icewm
Anybody managed to bind the Windows key in IceWM ? It seems I can't bind it to anything since I disabled the "treat as Ctrl+Alt" option.
# Treat Super/Win modifier as Ctrl+Alt
# ModSuperIsCtrlAlt=1 # 0/1
ModSuperIsCtrlAlt=0 # 0/1
ychaouche
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AntiX linux, iceWM, how to suspend, and require password?
In AntiX Linux, using the default iceWM window manager. When I suspend a session, then wake it up, I expect it to ask for my screenlock password.
Current behavior: it just wakes up without asking for password.
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Weird recursion in setting the default file manager in antix/icewm
I've installed antiX Linux 19.3, and I want to change the file manager - for the first user and by default - to something other than the annoying rox (sorry, I just don't like it). So, I've installed pcmanfm, went to the Control Center pressed…
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Start IceWM from the command line *and* get sound working?
So, I hate window managers. I hate them all.
My current distribution is Ubuntu 12.04. Here is my /etc/init/lightdm.conf:
# LightDM - light Display Manager
#
# The display manager service manages the X servers running on the
# system, providing…
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How do I make Debian start with IceWM-lite by default at startup?
On a Debian box, I have installed IceWM and IceWM-lite, I'd like it to boot with IceWM-lite by default.
So far I have done this through the desktop menu after each boot.
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How do I start an application fullscreen without loading IceWM desktop environment?
Setup
ARM computer FriendlyARM mini210s
Debian Linux 3.0.8 (armv7l) + IceWM
How can I start an application alone without the desktop environment?
For the sake of prototyping I want to start Chromium alone in fullscreen.
In /usr/share/xsessions/ I…
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How to remove XTerm button from the Icewm taskbar
I'm using preinstalled on opensuse icewm-lite as distraction-free environment, and already got rid of the menu/start button. Is there an option to disable XTerm button too?
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icewm puts new windows into move/resize mode?
New to icewm and can't find an answer to this in docs.
When I open a new window (either by clicking on taskbar or using a keyboard launcher like rofi) the window starts in move/resize mode and I have to either click the window or hit enter to start…
Erik Kallevig
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How do I avoid the "pin board has not yet been used" error
I just installed antiX Linux 19.3. When I (auto-)login and IceWM comes up, I get an error dialog saying:
The pin board has not yet been used ... set the default background. Start ROX-Filer with 'rox -p = Default' to activate the pin board.
WTF? I…
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Can't open display. Error with IceWM
I wanted to create my own small lightweight distro based on Debian. So I have decided to use IceWM, Xorg and XDM. I used these commands:
apt-get update
apt-get install icewm xserver-xorg xdm
apt-get update
But when I type in icewm or icewm-session…
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Set the order of non-builtin tray applications in Icewm
I have several applications in my system tray which are not the default monitoring gadgets of Icewm. For example, below you can see, from left to right, [1] pnmixer, [2] nm-applet, a keyboard leds indicator [3] trayleds.py, a brightness indicator…
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How do I use IceWM's 'icesh' command to set the task-bar layer to 'Normal'?
The current taskbar layer is stuck on "onTop" and I would like to change it to "Normal" so it will be hidden when not focused.
A similar issue to mine can be found here but I'm unfamiliar with Linux and have no direct access to the configuration…
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Linux Mint out-of-box install: How to Replace Cinnamon with icewm
I am currently using Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon. Nothing unusual, just the main download available when one goes to the Mint website. (I can update to the latest 18.2, if that is needed.)
This is what I want to do:
install icewm
make it the…
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