Wallpaper, menus, & etc.

spacetekcrusaders · 2011-02-02 08:36:15

Well, I really like the image that comes up for the 2011 Symbiosis ArchBang screen (black baground w/ 3d gray archlinux symbol), but I cannot seem to find it anywhere else! Does anyone know how I can use that image (without the login input area) as my wallpaper?

Also, how can you delete items from the menu? I replaced Chromium with Conkeror as my internet browser; however, Chromium still remains an option in the menu although I removed the browser using pacman. How can I remove it from the menu as well?

Can I use the desktop cube and emerald theme on Archbang? If so, what should I install from archbang. I thought I had to download Compiz from pacman, but after I did so, I still did not see any options to enable cube or emerald theme manager. I think on Ubuntu I used CompizConfig for this, but I could not find that on pacman. I would appreciate it if you could let me know what I need to look up.

Thanks for the help!

oliver · 2011-02-02 08:40:16

the login manager is slim, so take a look at /etc/slim.conf and it should tell you the background. I'd be more specific, but I removed slim because I have no need for it.

To delete things from the menu, run "obmenu" and you'll get a GUI menu editor. The menu is static - adding/removing things won't change it (without getting into the xdgmenu side of it)

Don't use compiz - sorry

Last edited by oliver (2011-02-02 08:40:32)

spacetekcrusaders · 2011-02-02 09:55:45

It seems like there was already some "compiz stuff" on my computer, before I installed it from pacman. After installing the Compiz package, I did not notice anything different although I download ~200 MB of data. If I choose to remove the package, do I run the risk of removing the compiz data (if any) that was on ArchBang before I installed the package? thanks

spacetekcrusaders · 2011-02-03 09:03:27

Well, my computer must have AI because it changed to the wallpaper I wanted without me telling it to! Actually, I think that happened because I removed compiz - then when I rebooted the computer the login-screen image was there. I am assuming that the login image must be the default background once the Symbiosis background is removed (which happened when I removed compiz). The only complaint I have about it is that the wallpaper does not seem to allow any effects - if you enable transparency, shadows, etc. you just get a completely gray wallpaper.

obmenu went smoothly - now conkeror shows up as the default browser instead of chromium - thanks!

~

A couple of new questions:

Is there any way to see a list of all the packages that pacman offers? Also, are there any firewalls that you would recommend, and how do you find them on pacman - that is an example of why I think it would be helpful to see a list of all the packages pacman offers. I tried doing a -Q query for firewall, but that did not work. Thanks

Last edited by spacetekcrusaders (2011-02-03 09:08:48)

oliver · 2011-02-03 09:20:16

pacman -Ss
will list all the packages in the repositories

pacman -Ss firewall
will filter the list to just include entries with "firewall" in there

pacman -Q
will tell you what you already have installed

as for a recommendation, I just use the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files. I deny all (which is the default) then I allow all from my private subnet. I let my router deal with blocking stuff on the edge (like pings and port scans) before they even reach me.

What do you want to accomplish with the firewall? You won't be listening on any ports by default so you should be fairly safe even naked on the internet

Last edited by oliver (2011-02-03 09:22:23)

spacetekcrusaders · 2011-02-03 09:44:11

Thanks. I just want to use a firewall as an additional security measure.

spacetekcrusaders · 2011-02-03 20:28:36

uh... i feel embarrased to be asking this, but after using pacman -Ss, how do i scroll through the list? whenever i try to go up, it just sends me through the commands i have previously given. i imagine it is something simple, but i can't find it in man pacman and i couldnt guess it.

Conker1r · 2011-02-04 00:33:05

@ spacetekcrusaders
The original wallpaper is here, but in color.
http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=13

As far as I know, compiz will not work with openbox as both are window managers.
You would have to install gnome or kde to get compiz to work with Archbang.
Hope that helps.

pablokal · 2011-02-04 08:25:28

uh... i feel embarrased to be asking this, but after using pacman -Ss, how do i scroll through the list?

using xterm: you scroll through using Shift and Up (a.k.a. Up Arrow or Cursor Up key) or Shift and Down.

I use lxterminal most of the time which provides a scroll bar.

oliver · 2011-02-04 14:35:12

spacetekcrusaders wrote:

uh... i feel embarrased to be asking this, but after using pacman -Ss, how do i scroll through the list? whenever i try to go up, it just sends me through the commands i have previously given. i imagine it is something simple, but i can't find it in man pacman and i couldnt guess it.

Instead of 'pacman -Ss', do 'pacman -Ss > /tmp/pkglist'

That will send all the output to /tmp/pkglist

Then use nano (or any other text editor) to open /tmp/pkglist

spacetekcrusaders · 2011-02-07 07:39:53

Thank you that helped

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