Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/18 00:09, Beartooth wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:33:20 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > I haven't yet in this case, but I will, yes. Any two pair of eyes > will indicate an intersection of their lines of sight, but redundancy is > often convenient, especially if the cursor has snu

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/28/2018 02:58 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/29/18 00:09, Beartooth wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:33:20 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> >> I haven't yet in this case, but I will, yes. Any two pair of eyes >> will indicate an intersection of their lines of sight, but redundancy is >> o

Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/18 00:09, Beartooth wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:33:20 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > I haven't yet in this case, but I will, yes. Any two pair of eyes > will indicate an intersection of their lines of sight, but redundancy is > often convenient, especially if the cursor has snu

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/18 03:25, home user via users wrote: > I don't know what a "panel meny" He mis-typed.  "panel menu" is what he meant -- Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a fact. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/28/2018 12:25 PM, home user via users wrote: > I use Gnome (mostly) and KDE (rarely). I'm not familiar with Mate; I don't > know what a "panel meny" is. But no, you don't need to reboot. If you have the xorg-x11-apps RPM installed, on Mate you can right-click on the panel, select "Add to

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread home user via users
I use Gnome (mostly) and KDE (rarely). I'm not familiar with Mate; I don't know what a "panel meny" is. But no, you don't need to reboot. Regardless of which user name I log in as, I launch xeyes from ".bash_profile", and put it into the background. This way, the xeyes process and display is

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-28 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:33:20 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/28/18 00:25, Beartooth wrote: >> Unless I'm more confused than usual, I'm currently running lxdm >> (set to MATE) on F28. I'm glad to have a display manager that works; >> but it denies me the two applets I use most. I normally res

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/28/18 00:25, Beartooth wrote: > Unless I'm more confused than usual, I'm currently running lxdm > (set to MATE) on F28. I'm glad to have a display manager that works; but > it denies me the two applets I use most. I normally restrict each > workspace to a single app, and keep 18 spac

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-27 Thread stan
On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:25:36 + (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > Also, eyes in each of four panels are by far the easiest way > for my ancient eyeballs to find the mouse cursor; and the current > setup has no eyes at all, afaict. I think Bill is right about xeyes, but if you can't find that, th

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-27 Thread stan
On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:25:36 + (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > Unless I'm more confused than usual, I'm currently running > lxdm (set to MATE) on F28. I'm glad to have a display manager that > works; but it denies me the two applets I use most. I normally > restrict each workspace to a single

Re: Display Manager and applets

2018-06-27 Thread home user via users
> Also, eyes in each of four panels are by far the easiest way for > my ancient eyeballs to find the mouse cursor; and the current setup has > no eyes at all, afaict. > > Clue, please? The nearest thing I can think of is "xeyes". With help from other members of this list, I instal

Display Manager and applets

2018-06-27 Thread Beartooth
Unless I'm more confused than usual, I'm currently running lxdm (set to MATE) on F28. I'm glad to have a display manager that works; but it denies me the two applets I use most. I normally restrict each workspace to a single app, and keep 18 spaces open (mostly with eight or ten in act