X and Fluxbox :: resolution, wallpaper, styles, translucency



1. How do I change my resolution to 1280 x 960?  I think the current one is 800 x 600.

2. How do I change my wallpaper?

3. How do I get insert new styles?

4. How do I enable translucency?

There is a way to do all of this, but does the settings save?  The CD is read-only though.
resolution: Try "sudo xsetup.sh", choosing a new resolution, and restart X.

wallpaper: bsetbg or xsri.  xsri is the actual background-setting application and has greater flexibility, but bsetbg makes it easier to just set a fullscreen image with "bsetbg -f /path/to/image"

new styles can be found in several places online.  There are some made to be installed with the mydsl system at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/themes/

Transparency is specific to applications.  Fluxbox stable does not have it, and as far as i know, no included applications have it.  For transparency in term apps, try ke4nt's dsl-aterm extension, and for transparency in menu, toolbar, and window decoration try the fluxbox-0.9.11 extension.

save settings using the backup/restore feature (look in the menu under "tools").  Add files you want to backup to filetool.lst.  When you boot, use the boot option "restore=hda1", replacing hda1 with the partition specified during backup.
I cannot save files onto the hda.

The whole point of having a live cd is so I can carry with it and use linux and its programmes where ever I go.

Anyway I can have my settings customized and bring it with me?
Well, one way is to remaster...which of course was mentioned in your other thread.  An alternative to a full remaster (if you just want to add files instead of removing) is to rebuild the ISO with one or more mydsl or backup archives added.
mount the ISO: sudo mount -o loop dsl-1.0.1.iso /mountpoint
Replace "/mountpoint" with a path to where you want to mount it.
Copy the contents of /mountpoint onto a harddrive somewhere.
Add a backup.tar.gz (or a mydsl extension including your backups) to the root of the same directory into which you copied the ISO contents.
CD into that directory and rebuild the ISO:
mkisofs -r -l -b KNOPPIX/boot.img -c KNOPPIX/boot.cat -o /path/to/new_DSL_CD.iso ./

Another possibility is to back up onto a floppy (fd0) or usb device (sda1?)...something small and portable.
where is bsetbg??
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