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Comment on Make Java use the GTK look & feel on Linux by Jonathas Rodrigues

Jonathas Rodrigues — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:53:55 +0000

Thanks for the tips!
On Arch Linux, I had to do what’s written in this topic for NetBeans to get GTK look and feel: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=72892

As I use OpenJDK instead of the proprietary one, I had to put the swing.properties file here: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/swing.properties

Then, for it to work with NetBeans, I had to edit: /usr/share/netbeans/etc/netbeans.conf
and append “–laf com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel” to the end of the ‘netbeans_default_options’ variable.

I’d like to translate your post to Portuguese and put it in my blog, if you don’t mind. I’ll also put a link to this article, of course.

Thanks once more.

Comment on Enable or disable Compiz with one click by SeySayux

SeySayux — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:54:47 +0000

Hello okokokaynow,

Seems that wordpress doesnt save two dashes (–) and puts one dash (-) instead. Both ‘replace’-es should get two dashes (- -replace, without the space). Then it should work .

Comment on Enable or disable Compiz with one click by okokokaynow

okokokaynow — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:57:12 +0000

Oh weird, I had typed a long comment a couple hours ago that never showed up but when I tried to enter it again I was told I had already submitted it so I thought you had comment moderation enabled.
ANYWAY!

I’m a big newbie, just got an Acer Aspire One with Linpus on it about a week ago. I have Compiz Fusion starting on startup but want to be able to turn it off at a whim like you. I followed your instructions but can’t get the result. When I try to run the script, after logging off and on, I get the above error. If I try to run it again, I get this error:
compiz (core) -Error: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager. compiz (core) -Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

Any ideas? Am I doing some huge newbie mistake?

Comment on Enable or disable Compiz with one click by okokokaynow

okokokaynow — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:49:59 +0000

Sorry to comment spam, but I thought I’d mention that I tried using kwin rather than metacity with a slightly different result:
/usr/bin/compizswitch.sh: line 3 -replace: command not found

If I try to run it again I get the same effect as before.

Sorry to bother you like this, I’m just a total Linux newbie and would love to be able to turn compiz off when I want to watch a video (slows the Aspire One down too much for smooth playback).

Comment on Enable or disable Compiz with one click by okokokaynow

okokokaynow — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:38:38 +0000

Hi there. I’m a Linux newbie trying to use your tutorial to make a compiz switch for my Acer Aspire One. It runs Linpus.

I created compizswitch with the following in it:
#!/bin/bash if [ `cat $HOME/.compiz-enabled` == "true" ]; then $DEFAULT_WM –replace & echo “false” > $HOME/.compiz-enabled else compiz –replace & echo “true” > $HOME/.compiz-enabled fi

Edited bash_profile so it looks like this:
# .bash_profile


# Get the aliases and functions

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then

	. ~/.bashrc

fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:/sbin/:/usr/sbin/:$HOME/bin
export PATH

unset USERNAME
if [ `tty` = "/dev/tty1" ];then

  while true

  do

    #xpid=

    #xpid=`pidof X`

    if [ -e /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ];then

      DISPLAY=:0.0

      export DISPLAY
      if [ ! -e /usr/share/oobe/oobe.log ];then

         sudo modprobe psmouse

	 sudo /usr/sbin/oobe >/usr/share/oobe/oobe.log 2>&1

      fi

      while true

      do

        opid=`pidof oobe`

        if [ "X${opid}" = "X" ];then

	  startxfce4 &

          break

        fi

      done

      break

    fi

  done

fi
export DEFAULT_WM=metacity

echo "true" > ~/.compiz-enabled

But after I restart the computer and try to run compizswitch.sh, I get the following error:
compiz (core) - Error: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager. compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0.

I have compiz autostarting using the method under “Compiz” on this blog post: http://dismantle-it.blogspot.com/2008/09/acer-aspire-one-compiz-cairo-dock.html

What am I doing wrong? Any help would be very much appreciated as again, I am very new to all this!

Comment on Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: the game by SeySayux

SeySayux — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:28:33 +0000

@Steven Verschoot: that one is pretty good too But I was actually hoping to throw Palin into the lava

Comment on Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: the game by Steven Verschoot

Steven Verschoot — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:32:01 +0000

Naah…
Don’t love this game :p
Prefer super obama world XD

Comment on System Rebooted. by Steven Verschoot

Steven Verschoot — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:39:44 +0000

wb in blogworld seysayux!
glad you are back, if you have a few more articles, i’ll write something about your blog on mine however, i preferred the dutch one… Blogs about linux in english, plenty of them. But to find a good one in Dutch is quite hard. However, good luck!

Steven