window bar names

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: window bar names
started by: bravo-uniform-golf

Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on June 06 2006,22:27

hi the names of my stuff isn't appearing in the window bar where its supposed to. it just says "Unnammed" and i dont know why because on my other DSL installs on different hds it hasnt done this. some things like emelfm display the name correctly, but other things like mozilla firefox and gaim just say "Unnammed" at the top. they still say it whether minimized in the toolbar or just open, so it makes it hard to know whats what. anyone know whats going on? thanks

Posted by kerry on June 06 2006,23:36

Yeah, that annoyed me too. It's because of old apps. Basicaly, what i do is update from sarge and it pulls the dependency. Here's the steps->

#1. enable apt
#2. go to /etc/apt/sources.list as root(aka:super user) and change it to->
deb < http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > sarge main non-free contrib
#deb < http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > oldstable main non-free contrib

#3. run > apt-get update < in root terminal
#4. now run > apt-get install fluxbox
(why fluxbox, cause i never have a problem with it and if you try and apt-get somthing else it will pull it as a dependency anyway, but a updated fluxbox with transparency capabities ain't to bad.)make sure you answer yes or y to everything.
#5. run > apt-get clean <(no need to waste space)
#6. just switch to jwm and back again

If all went well you will have a updated fluxbox and all your windows will work now.

Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on June 07 2006,01:23

thank you very nmuch it worked great

Posted by kerry on June 07 2006,01:26

You are most welcomed.