On Saturday 03 Nov 2012 00:22:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 00:11:34 +0000 > > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Friday 02 Nov 2012 06:21:39 Mick wrote: > > > On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 13:46:20 Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Mick > > > > > > > > <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 03:53:44 Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > > > >> On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 23:12 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > > > >> > 121101 Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > > > >> > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 22:46 +0000, Mick wrote: > > > > >> > >> I was thinking of using razor-qt > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > From the Oct 20 automated package removal email > > > > >> > > you might want to investigate why before moving to it. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > x11-wm/razorqt 2012-10-22 > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > 10:00:01 yngwin x11-misc/lightdm-razorqt-greeter > > > > >> > > 2012-10-22 10:01:35 > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > yngwin > > > > >> > > > > > >> > As sometimes happens, "removal" really means "moved" : > > > > >> > it has a new Portage category all to itself, like Xfce. > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks for clarifying. > > > > >> > > > > >> BillK > > > > > > > > > > Phew! Just as I was about to hit the abort button. :-) > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone tried it and can comment how it compares to KDE? > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Mick > > > > > > > > Mick, > > > > > > > > I've used 0.4.2 a bit. It worked fine but as a KDE user it > > > > > > > > felt a > > > > > > > > little strange. I didn't invest much time to make myself more > > > > comfortable. > > > > > > > > My trading partner who is newer to Linux (about 1 year now) has > > > > > > > > been using razor-qt for the last month or so. He was fine with > > > > 0.4.2 but when they moved the package group they also had an > > > > update to 0.5. Unfortunately this did not produce correct > > > > resolutions on one of his three monitors so he's back to running > > > > KDE and doing updates on razor until that gets fixed. (TTBOMK he > > > > has not filed a bug report.) > > > > > > Thank you all for your responses. The PC in question has two > > > monitors, with different resolutions, so I will be needing this to > > > work fine (or will never hear the end of it). > > > > > > I'll make some time to try it out over the weekend and if they > > > don't like it I may push the boat out and switch to e17 (which I am > > > more familiar with). > > > > Ahhh! Abort - Abort! > > > > It tries to load Gnome packages ... > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-common-3.1.0 148 kB > > [ebuild N ] dev-lang/vala-0.12.1 USE="vapigen -test" 2,233 kB > > [ebuild N ] dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.32.4 > > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2 -python2_5 -python2_6 -python3_1" > > 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.22 > > USE="introspection -doc - vala" 324 kB > > [ebuild N ] x11-misc/lightdm-1.0.11 USE="introspection qt4 > > -branding - gtk -test" 636 kB > > [snip ...] > > > > I thought it was USE=branding in lightdm that did it, but I disabled > > branding for lightdm, so I don't know what's pulling these in. > > > > It seems that I'll need to try it with kdm instead. > > use the -t option to emerge. > > that will tell you in a tree display what pulls in what. > Reading the ebuild for that package tells you why.
Thanks Alan, I set USE="-lightdm" and installed it without gnome dependencies. It seems lightweight enough and troublefree. The only two thinks I couldn't find how to set is: 1. Primary monitor: The taskbar (or whatever you call it) at the bottom of the screen. The user has two monitors of different dimensions and in KDE I had it set to show the taskbar in the right monitor 1920x1080, i.e. using the right monitor as the main monitor. Instead with razor-qt the left monitor 1280x1024 is set as the default monitor with the taskbar at its bottom. 2. GPG-agent: KDE starts gpg/ssh agents with its start-up script. Razor-qt does not seem to have something similar to clear existing gpg agent processes and start new when the desktop loads. -- Regards, Mick
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