@Ahau:
1) Testing xfce 4.8 porteus 1.1 rc with frugal install.
Using 3rd Beta release for the 32-bit core XFCE module does a better job. But there is still problems.
Working without no other than xfce module in /module folder hhis was and this is still the menu.lst that I use:
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title porteus v11_32 on sda7/32bit_v11rc1 XFCE 4.8 from modules with changes
kernel (hd0,6)/32bit_v11/boot/vmlinuz from_dev=/dev/sda7 from_dir=/32bit_v11/porteus toroot xfce changes=/mnt/sda7/32bit_v11/XFCE_cfg autoexec=xconf;telinit~4 max_loop=256
initrd=(hd0,6)/32bit_v11/boot/initrd.xz
boot
A. AFTER A FIRST ROUND OF SAVING AND REBOOTING XFCE
1.1) Bugs.
None.
1.2) Great asset.
Adding ca to /root/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop:
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Exec=setxkbmap -layout ca,us,de,ru -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
I get the multilingual keyboard (includes french in Canada). It has never been that easy. 8)
2) Looking at other xfce 4.8 distributions:
You will say that the following comment is no surprise. None of the other distribution is as fast booting and as easy to work with in root mode as porteus. However, it is good to look around. Ubuntu offers a very large array of packages that could be easily installed with the apt-get or synaptic package manager.
I wonder if this could be offset with some good slackware sources lists for already built slackware packages?
- debian wheezy xfce 4.8 is based on gnome3. There is no way you could work root within the desktop environment. Or if there is a way no one is ready to give the information on the debian forum. I found no way to get rid of the login manager called gnome-control-center-data.
- debian without gnome3 would be possible. It seems quite simple to achieve according to the following comments by xfcelav:
http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=5926
-xubuntu 11.10 xfce 4.8 as wheezy is based on gnome3 with the same problem. However xubuntu xfce 4.8 was already present in the xubuntu 11,04 in the last spring that came with gdm. For gdm it is possible to boot root directly:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=73368
- I might try zenlive 7.0 that came with the xfce 4.8 desktop environment since last spring.
3) Transparency and movies.
The feature that I like most with xfce 4.8 is transparency. However, there was a comment written by gradinaruvasile stating that transparency ask for high CPU usage and causes tearing in movies. This happens with nvidia cards and nvidia drivers for both xv and vdpau:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=73432
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B. AFTER A FEW BOOTUPS OF SAVING AND REBOOTING XFCE.
1) First boot up.
To keep changes you need to xfce panel > settings > Session and Startup > logout Settings > automatically save session on logout
1.1) Bugs.
- In xfce panel > panel > add new items:
. the calculator icon is mega huge in size
. the icons fow window button and window menu are missing
- clicking on an item of the panel to remove it the dialog box is caught under the already opened windows of the desktop save file XFCE_cfg and restart anew the modifications of the desktop environment.
- xkb.desktop file is not read after changes at next bootup, but still an asset for me to access canadian multilingual keyboard. After some time I loose the functionality of the ca keyboard and get the message:
Plugin "Keyboard Layouts" unexpectedly left the panel, do you want to restart it?
It will not restart. Next bootup the keyboard icon is no more on the xfce panel. But Clicking on the file /root/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop I get the ca keyboard function, but the icon does not still show in the panel
- /root/.config/autostart does not seem to work because my script for dual display which is in it has to be executed manually after bootup to get the dual display option.
2) After a few boots.
. I do not get no more into the X environment. A cli login is proposed. There is an error message before the login:
Starting up X11 session manage Slim: another instance is already PID 5478.
If I reboot, the message does not necessarily appear a second time. It reboots in the xfce desktop environment.
. the partitions are no longer mounted with their content in tunar. They have to be mounted manually in cli mode:
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root@porteus:~# mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/sda7
root@porteus:~#
1.2) Great asset.
- Adding ca to /root/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop:
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Exec=setxkbmap -layout ca,us,de,ru -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
I get the multilingual keyboard (includes french in Canada). It has never been that easy. I have to double-click on the xkb.desktop file to get the ca keyboard. It will not be there after saving changes at the next session though the file still include ca.
C. INCLUDING PROGRESSIVELY SOME MODULES.
- eventually, I am waiting for some feedback to move to this step.