Make 32bit programs use the current GTK theme

Posted: 2012-06-19 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Problem: on a Slackware64 multilib system, 32bit applications will not use the current GTK theme by default.
Solution: first, make your system multilib, following AlienBob’s instructions and check the corresponding section from Slackware-FAQ. I used exactly same engine as the example — murrine. Read the rest of this entry »

Seamonkey/Firefox file associations

Posted: 2012-06-16 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, network | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Problem: Seamonkey/Firefox does not know by default how to handle downloaded files and magnet links.
Solution: Read AlienBob’s and someslack blogs regularly :) The instructions for Firefox work just fine for Seamonkey. Read the rest of this entry »

UTF-8

Posted: 2012-06-10 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Problem: When using UTF-8 system wide, some programs like XMMS have issues (bad fonts size, etc…).
Solution: Launch such programs with a custom LANG setting set in their .desktop file.
First, enable UTF-8. Read the rest of this entry »

QT4 apps and GTK2

Posted: 2012-06-08 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: | Leave a comment

Problem: QT4 applications do not inherit the GTK theme (when using XFCE for example)
Solution: Read AlienBob’s blog regularly :) So, open /etc/profile.d/qt4.sh and add the following lines on some empty rows: Read the rest of this entry »

Keyboard layout

Posted: 2012-06-06 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Problem: The keyboard panel plugin in XFCE 4.6 has some bug and tends to “forget” the layout switch key combination (ALT+SHIFT).
Solution: Use the example file. Copy it from /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-keyboard-layout.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, then open and edit the keyboard layouts as needed and insert the following option: Read the rest of this entry »

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