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Openbox is a lightweight, standards-compliant window manager for the X Window System.

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What is crtc and how many outputs can I enable using xrandr?

I'm using a Lenovo x220i thinkpad, running crunchbang linux (which uses the openbox window manager). The laptop has a DP and VGA plug on the side. Hooking up the DP and VGA cables and running xrandr, I notice that the following outputs are…
neildaemond
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How to align desktop icons to grid in LXDE/Openbox?

Where is the option or config file to align the desktop icons to a grid in LXDE/Openbox?
basic6
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Can I hide the mouse cursor in OpenBox?

I'm running OpenBox on a minimal Ubuntu Server install, the only way to interact with it is via remote sessions. When Openbox starts up, there's a mouse cursor in the middle of the screen -- I have no need for that. It doesn't mention anything on…
Dean Rather
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Openbox : make 4 desktops 2x2

Strangely, my openbox default rc.xml file has keyboard shortcuts for the commands DesktopDown and DesktopUp, but it seems that the only configuration option for the desktops is their number (which is interpreted as a linear setup of all the…
glmxndr
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Set an HTML page as the wallpaper on Linux

I want to set an HTML file with JavaScript as my wallpaper on Linux. I'm running Openbox, how can I set it up so this is my desktop background?
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Microsoft wireless mouse scroll speed too high

I am using arch linux. I have a new microsoft wireless mouse which scrolls(with the middle scroll wheel) too fast. I don't use kde or gnome but openbox and sometimes xmonad. I want to know how I can slow the scrolling down. I have come across many…
rangalo
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How to set the laptop screen brightness programatically?

I'm currently migrating to openbox without gnome session. In unity i can use the vendor keys to set the screen brightness, but in openbox I'm on my own. /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness works fine, the problem is that I need sudo to set…
user127199
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How to open a program on particular desktop?

When I start GUI program, it's window appears on the currently active desktop (essentially, on a random desktop). How to make it appear on a specific desktop? For example, at startup I want certain programs to be started and distributed to…
Vi.
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How can I instantly move the active window to a secondary monitor in openbox?

By looking at http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Configuration I have figured out a few things about modifying the behavior of openbox. My config lives in ~/.config/openbox/conf.xml. I know that I can use the SendToDesktop action to send the active…
fuumind
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Proper way to configure ~/.Xsession with a standalone window manager to gracefully end a session

I'm using xdm and my ~/.Xsession looks like this: # exec openbox It works, but I've noticed that when I log out Openbox doesn't gracefully kill all the applications. In particular Google Chrome complains about that. How…
cYrus
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How to find SSH user logged in and their display number

Running Ubuntu 12.04. I have many users logged in via SSH and opening an Openbox session. How do I loop through all the logged in users and their display number so that I can execute a command for specific users? The command would be the extension…
john
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Chrome pseudo-window obstructing display

original post I'm running ubuntu 10.04, using the openbox window manager. There recently appeared a black rectangle with dimensions of about 100x200 pixels that's obscuring the contents of the display. wmctrl -l doesn't list anything that could be…
intuited
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How to prevent this window behaviour in Linux

This happens when I move the windows. Details: openbox ATI proprietary driver no problem in OpenGL contexts I don't want to use any compositing manager It's not so strange, quite common in fact. Read here. Obviously this image doesn't reproduce…
cYrus
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How do I prevent windows from moving when the desktop resolution changes?

I'm running Linux and use Openbox for my desktop. Normally the desktop resolution is 1280x1024. However, when I play a game which only plays at a specific resolution, at fullscreen and there's no options menu, and exit it, windows outside the bounds…
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Is it possible to set the name of the current virtual desktop via commandline?

The utility wmctrl has the possiblity to list the names of all virtual desktops: % wmctrl -d 0 - DG: 3360x1200 VP: 0,0 WA: 0,0 3360x1199 Mail / Comm 1 * DG: 3360x1200 VP: 0,0 WA: 0,0 3360x1199 Web / Docs 2 - DG: 3360x1200 VP: 0,0 WA: 0,0…
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