Questions tagged [openbox]

openbox is a lightweight window manager designed to run on hardware with low specs, although many people use it because it doesn't have a lot of fancy features.

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ubuntu server minimal and openbox

I installed Ubuntu Debian 23.10 server version. I also installed Openbox + PCManFM-Qt + VirtualBox Guest Additions because I am on a VirtualBox virtual machine. After the reboot, it asked me if I ...
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Disable desktop switching with the scroll wheel with Openbox?

I still want to keep my multiple desktops, I want to disable switching desktops with the mouse.
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How to Bind Two Windows Focus in OpenBox?

So when one window get focused/active, the other one should be also or vice versa (the second window activate the first window). Background: I'm a mobile apps developer, and I want the console window ...
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How to switch keyboard layout in Openbox using keyboard shortcuts?

I'm trying to configure keyboard layout switching by keyboard shortcut in Openbox DE. $ cat /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,ua,ru" XKBVARIANT=",winkeys," BACKSPACE="guess" XKBMODEL="pc105" ...
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How to find out why GNOME/Openbox session doesn't work on 22.04 LTS

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04.02, and I would like to use Openbox with GNOME. However, if I choose the GNOME/Openbox option when logging in, I get the sad monitor image and the message "...
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Lubuntu 19.10 & 20.04: How to tile windows? The window tiling section is missing in lxqt-rc.xml

Lubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 (LTS) use Openbox as the window manager. For Lubuntu 18.04 and 19.04, the file that allowed users to edit various Openbox settings, lubuntu-rc.xml and lxqt-rc.xml, ...
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How to remove the Title Bar of Gnome applications

Problem I have one Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop(Gnome) and I want it to be fully black and ideal. As reference, I have taken one Ubuntu20 Server and Installed openbox on it. I hided the title bar of all the ...
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Google chrome remote desktop connection only display wallpaper

I installed Google Chrome Remote Desktop without any problem, i can connect to the machine but for some strange reason all i get when i connect to the computer is the wallpaper and the mouse pointer i ...
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I can't add songs to lxmusic

I'm using lxmusic to play sounds. When I try to import files using the bottom left button, the files appear in the list for one second and then they disappear. Running it from the console only ...
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Why does Openbox on Gnome give me an empty desktop?

I installed new 12.04 and Openbox. I logged in with GNOME/Openbox and now after system starts I see only Desktop background image and nothing more. When I right click I can do normal GNOME actions ...
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How to make Openbox to use my custom config file?

I'd like to use several custom keybindings to handle windows more effectively. So I copied the rc.xml from /etc/xdg/openbox/ to ~/.config/openbox/ and edited the relevant (<keyboard>) section of ...
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How to hide the menu bar in Geany

While configuring a Lubuntu 14.04.5 live version, I need to open a lightweight editor in a robust way, to do so I need to get ride of the menu bar, so the file to be edited can only be saved by ...
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Logitech Trackman Marble cannot middle-click

I have a Logitech Trackman Marble (also known as a MarbleMouse), which lacks a middle button. Previously, I have emulated a middle-click by clicking with both left and right buttons. This works ...
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Why the change of layout is not connected at the start of Openbox

I installed Openbox instead of Gnome on my computer with Ubuntu 22.04.1 that I downloaded yesterday from the official repository. I've installed openbox via apt and I use LightDM to select openbox ...
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Unable to select installed openbox window manager theme

I am running lubuntu 20.04 lts I have downloaded a WM theme for openbox from "Pling". The themes that I had previously downloaded were .tar.gz files. This theme was a .7z file. I have moved ...
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What's the difference between Unmaximize and UnmaximizeFull in Openbox?

The window manager Openbox (which is, for example, used by Lubuntu 20.04) allows us to define custom key bindings with desired actions. One such action is "Unmaximize" (as covered in the ...
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Can you have a desktop environment without a display manager?

The following article nicely explains the differences between a display manager, a window manager, and a desktop environment: What is the relationship between Unity, Gnome, Gnome 3, Compiz, Metacity, ...
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Where is trackpad config in Lubuntu 17.10?

I've been working on this issue for a week! Macbook Air 1.1 I'm simply trying to turn off trackpad while typing, and reduce sensitivity. Lubuntu has none of these options in GUI. xinput: ⎡ Virtual ...
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Launch only one chromium instance

I'm running Chromium from snap storage at Ubuntu 20.04 with Openbox and minimal install. How can I run only one instance of Chromium browser by each additional click in panel (lxpanel) or launch ...
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Lubuntu default keyboard shortcuts for always on top, normal, maximize

I have found that Windows+Left put the window in the left, Windows+Up put the window in the top... I was not able to find the default shortcut to maximize, Layer-always on top, Layer-normal and ...
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desktop won't work on lubuntu

Alright so, I was playing around with PHP in atom while using local by flywheel and Firefox open, I was using about 1.5 GB of RAM (there was other stuff open), but anyways, I decided to change my ...
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Where is task manager / task switcher configuration stored in a system with LXQT + Openbox?

I am using LUbuntu 20.04, which comes with LXQT + Openbox. I am searching for the config files to see why my task switcher is showing all applications in all desktops instead of only applications from ...
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How to add padding/margin to Lubuntu applcation menu

I've just installed Lubuntu 21.10 and I'm trying to get it more pleasant to look at. How can I add more padding around the applications in the application menu? Everything is packed in tight. I'd like ...
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Openbox vs. LXQt

I have just installed Lubuntu 20.04. I see this $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager There are 2 choices for the alternative x-session-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager). ...
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How to make desktop icons on Openbox?

So, I am making an DE for me, and I want to be able to place items on the desktop. How would I do this, exactly? (nautilus -n on startup isn't working)
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Problem with rendering of Desktop and apps after updating to Lubuntu 21.10

I have just updated my Lubuntu to the 21.10 (Impish Indri) version and after that the desktop environment is sort of pixelated and laggy in a way which makes it impossible to work with. Some ...
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How to start a gui app within an openbox window outside of its autorun file

TL;DR Running ubuntu server 20.04 with xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils xinit openbox installed. I can place a command within openbox's autorun file and its runs well. Now I wish start openbox, then ...
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Openbox disable Alt+F4

Every time I press Alt+F4, the window I have opened in Openbox (3.6.1) gets closed. I tried to follow the official instructions but it didn't work: I removed the following from ~/.config/openbox/rc....
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How do I move my top panel?

I'm running Gnome-shell GNOME/openbox, not Unity, on a dual display. My top and bottom panels are always on my laptop screen. I really want them on the external monitor when that is plugged in. I've ...
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How to put icons on desktop in openbox using pcmanfm

So I want to be able to put some icons on my openbox desktop but I am using xubuntu so I don’t have nautilus and I’ve heard you can draw icons to desktop using pcmanfm.Is that true and if so what ...
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How special characters must be escaped in openbox config file when assigning shortcut-keys?

According to https://stackoverflow.com/a/1091953/ five characters need to be escaped in XML documents under some circumstances: " &quot; ' &apos; < &lt; > &gt; & ...
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With Ubuntu 21.04, can Openbox be customized like the Openbox of other distros (eg BunsenLabs)?

I'm using Ubuntu because it's easy to dual boot with my particular laptop. Other distros brick my laptop. Not sure why. For WM, I'm used to Openbox. Used to use BunsenLabs. As I'm getting Openbox ...
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Autologin Xenial/OpenBox WITHOUT Lightdm

I installed the Ubuntu MINI.ISO on VMWare with OpenBox and would like to set my user on autologin, but I don't want to install lightdm, cause I think I don't need it. All solutions I read until now ...
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Autostart apps in different desktops in openbox

I would like to start many GUI apps within openbox, so every window was fullscreen in different desktop. Is there possibility to run app in specific desktop in openbox? or any other idea how to write ...
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Taskbar and Tray on Lubuntu gone missing but not on guest account

I'm using Lubuntu 13.04, and something strange happened. I rebooted after installing some updates, and now when I choose "Lubuntu" on the login screen, I get something similar to "OpenBox"--no ...
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How do I change the default Openbox settings for new users on Lubuntu?

I'm preparing a Lubuntu installation on a computer I'm planning to give away, using the OEM install mode so that I can pre-install various apps but still let the recipient create their user account ...
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Tiling windows horizontally and vertically under Lubuntu (LXDE/Openbox)?

Is there any way I can tile two windows horizontally (⬒) or vertically (◧ ) under Lubuntu/LXDE/Openbox? Maybe via a keyboard shortcut or panel button?
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How to fix black desktop in Lubuntu [duplicate]

I'm using Lubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa), When I tried to change my background image, window and the desktop got froze so I thought it would be a good idea to logout, but the desktop was black when ...
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Breeze icons not working in thunar in list mode

I tried searching for anyone who had this specific issue but I only found issues about missing icons in thunar or other icon issues in pcmanfm My issue is a bit more specific. I installed the breeze ...
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why can't I restart lxpanel and openbox?

My lubuntu 18.04 desktop isn't responding. So I would like to restart it. Only virtual consoles respond, so I ctrl alt f2 to switch to one. I first kill lxpanel and openbox processes, so they are ...
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Is there a screensaver settings GUI for OpenBox/LXDE?

I am using Lubuntu and I can't find any GUI for screensaver settings. I am missing something ? Lubuntu 13.10 .
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vim showing weird characters on screen in terminal

So I just installed ubuntu on my Netbook and switched to the openbox window manager. When I open up VIM in a terminal and hit j when I am at the top of the file or hit k from the bottom of the file, ...
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unlocking screen returns to login (lightdm)

Unlocking the screen for an openbox session returns to the lightdm login screen. I want to not return to lightdm or allow to switch away from the current logged in user. Had this working in 16.04 but ...
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Openbox autostart.sh file not running all commands

I am using Openbox 3.6.1 with xinit on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver. As per normal procedure, i created an autostart.sh file to be run when Openbox starts up. The file is located at ~/.config/openbox/...
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How to disable ctrl + scroll zoom in Lubuntu or openbox

If are you in Google Chrome, Firefox or a software that have the zoom functionality, when you press CTRL + SCROLL UP/DOWN` or TOUCHPAD SCROLL the page increase/decrease the zoom how to disable it?
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Openbox doesn't apply changes made in lxqt-rc.xml

I've wanted to edit some shortcuts, so I added a keybind to my ~/.config/openbox/lxqt-rc.xml, under <keyboard> <keybind key="W-S-q"> <action name="Close" /> ...
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Changing windows manager without a windows manager

I honestly don't know how to phrase my problem differently (Question title's awful, sorry!)... Just in case this is important, I'm using Lubuntu LTS 18.04. Here's what happened: I wanted to change my ...
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Boot lubuntu 20.04 into command and not gui

So I have been using debian, raspbian and ubuntu, and I'm used to 'systemctl disable/enable lightdm' and 'systemctl start/stop lightdm' when I setup a server so I only use the gui when necessary. I ...
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How can window snap be enabled in Openbox?

I would like to have window snap behaviour in Openbox. For me, this would mean that dragging a window to the edge of the display using the mouse would change the size of the window such that it is ...
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Is it possible to have separate icons for Openbox active and inactive windows?

Pretty sure this is not the place to ask such a question, but I did not find any Openbox forums. Anyways, I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to have separate icons for the Openbox ...

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