prob with wmdrawerForum: Window Mangers Topic: prob with wmdrawer started by: lulu Posted by lulu on Mar. 07 2007,23:18
hello,i have installed the wmdrawer, but i can't see any icons in the drawer . after checking the .wmdrawerrc an some testing i got it working by creating or downloading icons in the dimensions 32 x 32 the background-icon isn't stored in the extension.(not the big problem for me to create one, but probably for other users.) The icons in .xtdesktop are 48 x 48 pixel. Is there a solution for this problem ? how can i tell wmdrawer to handle the bigger icons? thanx,lulu Posted by lucky13 on Mar. 07 2007,23:40
I haven't used wmdrawer in a while, but I recall it fit the icons in the icon space allocated for them (32x32 in my case). I don't remember editing my icons for that. I ran three drawers (instances) so I think I'd remember if I had to edit anything like that. Did you edit the right path to your icons in .wmdrawerrc? If I'm mistaken above and you have to reduce the icons' size, you can edit them with either imagemagick (via commandline -- great if you have a lot of icons to convert and want to do them by directory) or GIMP (scale them individually). I would check the path(s) to your icons first. Posted by lulu on Mar. 08 2007,00:08
hello,lucky13when i start wmdrawer on a console i get following message: wmdrawer warning: can't load image highlight.xpm wmdrawer warning: can't load image sylpheed.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image beaver.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image cpanel.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image ftp.gif wmdrawer warning: can't load image mydslgui.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image rdesktop.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image vnc.gif wmdrawer warning: can't load image flwriter.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image siag.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image xpdf.gif wmdrawer warning: can't load image xpaint.png wmdrawer warning: can't load image xzgv.png and i checked the imagepath in .wmdrawerrc three times. thnxx for the tip to convert icons, but if wmdrawer appears to other users ( with less experience ) similar, they will reject this beuatiful extension..... Lulu Posted by lucky13 on Mar. 08 2007,00:14
And you're sure it was to /home/dsl/.xtdesk (assuming you keep your icons there -- or if you've added user to that path)? Did you make sure the file extensions (png, xpm) all match?It's worked for me regardless of which distro I've used. I know the DSL version doesn't come with icons set up to the .xtdesk path, but I think I only edited the line and it worked. Posted by lulu on Mar. 08 2007,00:38
hello again lucky13,P R O B L E M S O L V E D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 years with mircosux made me blind. the editor of the .wmdrawerrc made a little mistake: # edited by ke4nt # ke4nt[at]damnsmalllinux[dot]org the names of the icons are written in lower case. linux is case sensitve and the iconnames in .xtdesktop are e.g. Sylpheed.png editing the iconslist fixed the problem ....... have a good night Lulu Posted by lucky13 on Mar. 08 2007,13:39
I knew it had to be simple. Glad it's working now. |