WMDRAWER gives questionmarks

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: WMDRAWER gives questionmarks
started by: Patrick

Posted by Patrick on Sep. 19 2005,07:12

I keep getting questionmarks (at boottime) instead of icons in WMDRAWER. I already corrected the mistake in the .wmdrawerrc-file:

for instance: (Sylpheed) (sylpheed.png) (sylpheed)

should be: (Sylpheed) (Sylpheed.png) (sylpheed)

(i assumed that's why it went wrong in the first place but i am not so sure now)

Still most of the time, when i just reentered X(Free86), there are no/some icons in WMDRAWER. Very odd, i also sometimes see just 1 row with icons, the other row then has questionsmarks in them.

Anyone?

My .xinitrc:
# put X windows programs that you want started here.
# Be sure to add at the end of each command the &
/opt/sox/play /cdrom/keep/wav/operatio.wav &
cp /home/dsl/clouds_2048.jpg /home/dsl/.xplanet/images &
cp /cdrom/keep/scriptjes/.torsmorc /home/dsl &
sh /cdrom/keep/scriptjes/ipoutside.sh &
/usr/bin/wmcpuload -bl -n &
/usr/X11R6/bin/wmnet -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmtop -U -s 100 -a 5 &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmclockmon &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmsmixer -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmcdplay -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmifinfo -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmSun -lon 5 -lat 51 -td -1 &
xscreensaver -nosplash &
sudo /usr/sbin/lpd &
touch /tmp/emelfm_loaded;mydsl-load /cdrom/my-dsl/gtk2-0705.dsl &
/usr/bin/wmbiff &
/opt/wmdrawer/start_wmdrawer &
/cdrom/keep/scriptjes/xplanetearth &
exec fluxbox 2>/dev/null

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My xplanetearrth script:

#!/bin/bash
myvar=0
until [ $myvar -eq -1]
do
xplanet -num_times 1 -longitude 5 -latitude 51 -date `date +%G%m%d.%H%M%S` -range 100 -radius 100 &
wget < http://xplanet.dyndns.org.nyud.net:8090/clouds/clouds_2048.jpg >
sleep 600
rm ~/clouds*.*
myvar=$(( $myvar + 1 ))
done

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Posted by Patrick on Sep. 19 2005,09:09

(Dillo) (Dillo.gif) (dillo)

Dillo.gif should be Dillo.png!

I also moved

/opt/wmdrawer/start_wmdrawer &

up the ladder (in .xinitrc)

Now everything seems to be working just right!

My .wmdrawerrc:

# Config file example for wmdrawer
# edited by ke4nt
# ke4nt[at]damnsmalllinux[dot]org

[general]
# Dock's icon [optional]
dock_icon /cdrom/keep/Pictures/hal3.png

# Drawer's opening direction [required]
# Top to bottom = 0
# Right to Left = 1
# Bottom to Top = 2
# Left to Right = 3
direction 1

# Image used for icons' background [optional]
#icons_bg defaultTile.xpm

# Allow icons' enlargement to fit them to buttons' size [optional, default 1]
# 0 indicate that icons should never be larger than their original size.
#icons_expand 1

# Activate the drawer's pseudo-transparency [optional, default 0]
# if you choose transparency, icons_bg will be ignored
transparency 0

# dock's width: min=12, max=128 [optional, default=64]
dock_width 70

# dock's height: min=12, max=128 [optional, default=64]
dock_height 60

# buttons' size: min=12, max=128 [optional]
# Useful for the people who want for example to have big icons
# and to define several columns.
btns_size 32

# Icon's highlight type: 0, 1 or 2 [optional, default 2]
# 0 : no highlight
# 1 : target (unavailable if transparency activated)
# 2 : shading
#highlight 2

# Image used as highlight [optional]
# only used if you choice target type
#highlight_img highlight.xpm

# Tint icons by a specified color [optional, default #ffffff]
# only used if you choice shading type
#highlight_tint #ffffff

# Shade icons at a specified level [optional, default 60]
# only used if you choice shading type
#highlight_sh 60

# Display buttons' tooltips [optional, default 1]
tooltips 1

# Tooltips' font [optional, default fixed]
tooltips_font fixed

# Drawer's animation speed: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 [optional, default 1]
#animation_speed 1

# Mouse cursor in drawer: 0, 1, ..., 76 [optional, default 30]
#cursor 30

# Auto opening of the drawer: 0, 1 [optional, default 0]
show_on_hover 1

# Auto closing of the drawer: 0, 1 [optional, default 0]
hide_on_out 1

# drawer's hiding timeout in miliseconds [optional, default 1000]
hide_timeout 500

# Runs the dockapp in windowed mode: 0, 1 [optional, default 0]
# Useful for AfterStep, Fvwm, Sawfish or KDE users.
windowed_mode 0

# Instance name so window manager can distinguish between multiple copies
instance_name DSL_Applications

# Drawer's border size in pixels [optional, default 1]
border_size 0

# Images directories
[images_paths]
/home/dsl/.xtdesktop

# A first column
# Each button must be defined with this syntax:
# (tooltip) (image) (command)
[column]
(XTerminal) (Xterm.png) (rxvt -rv -fn fixed -cr yellow -T "Bash" -e /bin/bash)
(Sylpheed) (Sylpheed.png) (sylpheed)
(Beaver) (Beaver.png) (beaver)
(DSLPanel) (Cpanel.png) (cpanel)
(Firefox) (Firefox.gif) (/usr/local/bin/firefox)
(Dillo) (Dillo.png) (dillo)
(axyFTP) (Ftp.gif) (axyftp)
(MyDSL) (Mydslgui.png) (mydslPanel.lua)
(Emelfm) (Emelfm.gif) (emelfm.bin)

# A second column
[column]
(Xmms) (Xmms.png) (xmms)
(RDesktop) (Rdesktop.png) (/usr/local/bin/rdesktop.lua)
(VNCViewer) (Vnc.gif) (vncviewer)
(FLWriter) (Flwriter.png) (flwriter)
(Siag) (Siag.png) (siag)
(Xpdf) (Xpdf.gif) (xpdf)
(XPaint) (Xpaint.png) (xpaint)
(XZGV Viewer) (Xzgv.png) (xzgv)
(Xpdf) (Xpdf.gif) (xpdf)

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Posted by Patrick on Sep. 19 2005,10:03

I celebrated to soon! After a reboot all icons where replaced again by questionmarks.

my .xinitrc (right now)

/opt/wmdrawer/start_wmdrawer &
/opt/sox/play /cdrom/keep/wav/operatio.wav &
cp /home/dsl/clouds_2048.jpg /home/dsl/.xplanet/images
cp /cdrom/keep/scriptjes/.torsmorc /home/dsl &
sh /cdrom/keep/scriptjes/ipoutside.sh &
/usr/bin/wmcpuload -bl -n &
/usr/X11R6/bin/wmnet -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmtop -U -s 100 -a 5 &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmclockmon &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmsmixer -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmcdplay -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmifinfo -w &
/cdrom/keep/Dockable/usr/bin/wmSun -lon 5 -lat 51 -td -1 &
sudo /usr/sbin/lpd &
touch /tmp/emelfm_loaded;mydsl-load /cdrom/my-dsl/gtk2-0705.dsl &
/usr/bin/wmbiff &
/usr/bin/xplanet -num_times 1 -longitude 5 -latitude 51 -date `date +%G%m%d.%H%M%S` -range 100 -radius 100 &
/cdrom/keep/scriptjes/xplanetearth &
exec fluxbox 2>/dev/null

My .wmdrawerrc remains unchanged up to this point.

Am i the only one with this problem? (or the only one using wmdrawer?)

Posted by Patrick on Sep. 19 2005,10:04

Posted by clivesay on Sep. 19 2005,11:40

The question marks are just markers for future icons. The base DSL icons all have a capital letter now so you will need to update the .rc file I believe. Give that a try.

Chris

Posted by Patrick on Sep. 19 2005,11:43

Already did that (as you can see), still don't work.

Posted by clivesay on Sep. 19 2005,12:35

Not sure why you're having issues. I just installed wmdrawer, updated the icon names and restarted the desktop. All icons were there. I then saved the .rc file to filetool.lst. I rebooted fresh and installed wmdrawer from the menu. All icons are there. It looks like things are working properly.

Chris

Posted by Patrick on Sep. 19 2005,12:54

I just rebooted fresh and all the icons where there, i am gonna try to disrupt wmdrawer by exitting X(free86) and comming back. If that gives questionmarks in WmDrawer i am gonna install wmdrawer from the menu and see if that gives the same result as you have.

Posted by Patrick on Sep. 21 2005,14:08

Right now i am getting a pretty good result with Wmdrawer. What i did:

Changed .xinitrc:

(part of .xinitrc)

touch /tmp/emelfm_loaded;mydsl-load /cdrom/my-dsl/gtk2-0705.dsl
/usr/bin/start_gtk2 & #starts GTK
export LC_ALL=c & #speeds up fluxbox
xset s off & #No blank screen!
/usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash &
/opt/wmdrawer/start_wmdrawer &

In this order it seems to work pretty good!