xfce August 2012

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Request for review: new desktop groups - XFCE
by Bill Nottingham 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

As part of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups, I've been working on redoing some of the groups that make up installation choices in anaconda. The idea is to offer a simpler interface, where the user simply selects which environment they want to run in, plus options for that environment. Based on what's in the kickstart file for the XFCE spin, here's what I have for the XFCE: XFCE contains: desktop-backgrounds-compat Thunar xfce-utils xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfconf xfdesktop xfwm4 ConsoleKit fedora-icon-theme lightgdm-gtk gtk-xfce-engine gvfs leafpad NetworkManager-gnome openssh-askpass orage polkit-gnome Terminal thunar-archive-plugin thunar-volman tumbler xarchiver xfce4-appfinder xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-mixer xfce4-power-manager xfce4-session-engines xfwm4-theme-nodoka xscreensaver-base cheese catfish galculator seahorse ConsoleKit-x11 NetworkManager-vpnc NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-pptp gnome-bluetooth xdg-user-dirs-gtk adwaita-cursor-theme adwaita-gtk2-theme adwaita-gtk3-theme greybird-gtk2-theme greybird-gtk3-theme greybird-xfce4-notifyd-theme greybird-xfwm4-theme albatross-gtk2-theme albatross-gtk3-theme albatross-xfwm4-theme bluebird-gtk2-theme bluebird-gtk3-theme bluebird-xfwm4-theme ristretto thunar-media-tags-plugin xfce4-battery-plugin xfce4-cellmodem-plugin xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-cpugraph-plugin xfce4-datetime-plugin xfce4-dict-plugin xfce4-diskperf-plugin xfce4-eyes-plugin xfce4-fsguard-plugin xfce4-genmon-plugin xfce4-mailwatch-plugin xfce4-mount-plugin xfce4-netload-plugin xfce4-notes-plugin xfce4-places-plugin xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin xfce4-screenshooter-plugin xfce4-sensors-plugin xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin xfce4-systemload-plugin xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-time-out-plugin xfce4-timer-plugin xfce4-verve-plugin xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-websearch-plugin xfce4-xfswitch-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin xfwm4-themes and has the following 'options' available: xfce-apps epdfview midori claws-mail claws-mail-plugins-archive claws-mail-plugins-att-remover claws-mail-plugins-attachwarner claws-mail-plugins-bogofilter claws-mail-plugins-fetchinfo claws-mail-plugins-mailmbox claws-mail-plugins-newmail claws-mail-plugins-notification claws-mail-plugins-pgp claws-mail-plugins-rssyl claws-mail-plugins-smime claws-mail-plugins-spam-report claws-mail-plugins-tnef claws-mail-plugins-vcalendar liferea pidgin remmina remmina-plugins-rdp remmina-plugins-vnc transmission xfce-media asunder pavucontrol parole pragha xfburn xfce-office abiword gnumeric I welcome any and all sanity-checking of this, and ideas for additions/removals. You can open the current F18/F19 comps files and see the data that makes this up - the 'xfce-desktop' environment defines what groups go into XFCE, and which are shown as options, and the groups referenced there define what packages make them up. Ideally, once this is firmed up, we can even switch the kickstart in spins-kickstart to refer to these groups, and retire the old ones. This way selecting XFCE in anaconda for DVD/network installations would provide the same experience as the Live image where possible. Thanks, Bill

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Docs beats writer(s) for f18?
by Kevin Fenzi 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Hey everyone. Per a note on the docs list: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/docs/2012-August/014540.html The "Beats" are open for Fedora 18... I see that there is currently no one signed up to do Xfce in the desktop section. Would anyone like to step up and write this? Note that for F18, we have updated to Xfce 4.10, so we can add a bunch of 4.10 goodies from the feature page. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Xfce-4.10 Any takers? kevin

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Xfce Display Manager?
by Frank Murphy 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

Currently cannot autostart X. could this be a cause: systemd http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=350005 <quote> Wed Aug 08 2012 Lennart Poettering <lpoetter(a)redhat.com> - 188-1 - New upstream release - Enable gdm and avahi by default via the preset file - Convert /etc/sysconfig/desktop to display-manager.service symlink - Enable hardened build </quote> My query to test-list on same: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2012-August/109651.html -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars"

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Update xfce4-weather-plugin?
by Heiko Adams 18 Aug '12

18 Aug '12

Hi, updates-testing has a newer version of xfce4-weather-plugin build against Xfce 4.8. When will there be an update for the Xfce 4.10 side repo? -- Regards Heiko Adams

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Re: Lightdm tip.
by Raphael Groner 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Am Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:00:14 +0000 schrieb xfce-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org: > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:18:26 -0300 > From: Sergio Cipolla <secipolla(a)gmail.com> > To: Fedora Xfce users and developers <xfce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: Lightdm tip. > Message-ID: > <CANLOsR7--DnLwUph-ShSfFK4AeCp0KtoGHHuLcdSgvh+Nhap5g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > And AFAIK systemd has nothing to do with it. Systemd provides ConsoleKit, both sources were merged recently. The login manager aka LightDM launches ConsoleKit. CK is needed for upower, udisks and other authorized access to system tools. Sorry, I have no links at hand to prove my statement. But you could easily find some.

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LightDM autologin breaks automatic wallpaper switching of Xfce 4.10?
by Heiko Adams 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hi, is it just me or does the automatic wallpaper switching no longer work if LightDM's autologin is enabled? -- Regards Heiko Adams

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Re: Lightdm tip.
by Raphael Groner 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hello, may I ask what's the biggest problem in Fedora with LightDM? There are other distributions where LightDM works just fine. Systemd. - R. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:27:19 -0300 > From: Sergio <secipolla(a)gmail.com> > To: Fedora Xfce users and developers <xfce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Lightdm tip. > Message-ID: <502109A7.9070900(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Just a heads up that now with the latest update auto-login is working > properly and also we can choose the default session if we have more > than one desktop environment/window manager installed. > Just edit the 'user-session' entry in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf > For Xfce: > user-session=xfce > > (also needed for auto-login to work, or instead one can link > /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop > to /usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list > xfce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce > > End of xfce Digest, Vol 32, Issue 1 > ***********************************

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Lightdm tip.
by Sergio Cipolla 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Just a heads up that now with the latest update auto-login is working properly and also we can choose the default session if we have more than one desktop environment/window manager installed. Just edit the 'user-session' entry in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf For Xfce: user-session=xfce (also needed for auto-login to work, or instead one can link /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop to /usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop)

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