xflock4: lock the screen
Posted: 2017-06-19 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: lock, xfce, xflock4 Leave a commentI am using XFCE and I want to have an entry in the menu that will lock the screen. The command that locks the screen in XFCE is
xflock4
yes… it took me some time to figure it out. Anyway, from here it is quite straightforward. I made the following xflock4.desktop file:
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Removing multilib
Posted: 2017-04-07 Filed under: multilib, system | Tags: compat, compat32, gcc, glibc, multilib, slackpkg Leave a commentI came to the point where I no longer needed a multilib system, at least on one of my computers. I rarely use Adobe Acrobat Reader, I have Skype running on my phone and, there’s of course ZeroUno’s package if I happen to need Skype on my computer. I decided to simply use slackpkg, to clean up the system and revert to the gcc-* and glibc-* packages from the original installation.
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A sbopkg GUI
Posted: 2016-06-22 Filed under: system | Tags: gui, package, sbopkg, slackbuilds, slackonly 5 CommentsAn interesting post appeared in LQ, announcing a graphical user interface for sbopkg based on PyQt. It is described as being similar to the Synaptic Package Manager, just simpler. The developer is Gernot Walzl and his web-page contains a lot of interesting stuff, among which the sbopkg_gui can be found.
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Thunar: do not execute shell script files
Posted: 2016-04-12 Filed under: desktop, SlackBuilds, system | Tags: double click, execute, script, shell, slackbuilds, thunar, xfce Leave a commentEvery time I need to open a shell script file that is executable (typically a SlackBuild), I right click on it in Thunar and select my editor from the Open with sub-menu. I miss the functionality of Nautilus, where I could tell the file browser to directly open such shell script files in a text editor when double clicked.
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Adding a keymap post-install
Posted: 2016-04-04 Filed under: system | Tags: console, fi, keyboard, language, layout Leave a commentI have a non US keyboard and I normally choose the appropriate keyboard layout already at install time. Now, I installed Slackware 14.1 beta1 in a virtual machine in order to check how my SlackBuilds work. However, I forgot to set the keyboard this time. Read the rest of this entry »
