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Topic: tint2 with system tray

For anyone who is not aware, the tint2 developer has recently introduced a system tray. This is fantastic news and I would encourage everyone who is interested to give it a try and help by reporting bugs to the project on Google Code.

The new system tray still needs work, but it is very encouraging to see this new development. Personally, I think tint2 is by far the most promising taskbar/panel project for use with Openbox and I would like to have it installed by default in future releases. Any help you can provide to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.

There are some easy to install deb files available from the CrunchBangers PPA:
32bit: https://launchpad.net/%7Ecrunchbangers/ … 1_i386.deb
64bit: https://launchpad.net/%7Ecrunchbangers/ … _amd64.deb

Again, I think it would be great if the CrunchBang community could really get behind this project. So, please check for existing/known issues and report your bugs: http://code.google.com/p/tint2/issues/list

Many thanks! smile

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Re: tint2 with system tray

I might try this out soon.

Probably on one of my spare computers.

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Thank you for the info and the deb!
I don't have problems with trayer, but running less program always sounds great smile

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Hmm, needs a bit of work with the way it handles transparent  backgrounds but a nice development smile

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Started testing — Tint2 is an "old" acquaintance to me from my ante-#! days, but systemtray is indeed a nice addition. In the scrot below, you can see an almost-default look. EDIT: On the right, after a little customization (but just a tiny little bit: I like the #! looks so much I try to stay loyal to the smokey dark overall theme).
http://www.aijaa.com/img/t/00053/3753856.t.png http://www.aijaa.com/img/t/00959/3756559.t.png

Last edited by Piraja (2009-03-08 15:17:33)

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Re: tint2 with system tray

thx for info smile
i really enjoy using tint2
the only bug i notice is , as omns said, the transparency feature. but you can easily solve this by putting

(sleep 30s && openbox --restart) &

in your autostart.sh

and +1 to add tint2 in #! by default smile

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  • From: Lost River Lake
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Re: tint2 with system tray

The first tiny bug? The system tray icons unexpectedly transformed themselves into something a little bit ugly:

http://www.aijaa.com/img/b/00077/3756740.png  http://www.aijaa.com/img/b/00918/3756890.png

In the big screenshots above, my post # 5 (or, more literally, in the big screenshots opened via the thumbnails above), you can see how they should look. As should be expected, restarting the panel restores the good looks.

Last edited by Piraja (2009-03-08 15:52:53)

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Hehe too late ! tongue

http://code.google.com/p/tint2/issues/detail?id=53

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  • From: Lost River Lake
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Re: tint2 with system tray

Scrat wrote:

Hehe too late ! tongue

Mister you're a quicker bug-grabber than I!

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Looks pretty good...

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  • Registered: 2008-12-26
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Re: tint2 with system tray

corenominal : well, I think this neatly sidesteps the 64 bit lxpanel not rendering icons in the taskbar. Just installed this new tint2 and it's working, and looking, quite nice. Thanks for the pointer in this direction!

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Configuring Tint2 can be fun. I can't resist the temptation to show off, here too, an example of a non-#! Openbox  desktop with Tint2 (w/o system tray), with a kitschy wallpaper, self-made from stolen goods (all of them, except fonts, found via Creative Commons search, however), and an idiotic Conky setup:

http://www.aijaa.com/img/t/00574/3720522.t.png

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CrunchBang looks so good by default that I don't want to be that "creative" with it...

Last edited by Piraja (2009-03-09 08:48:25)

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Like it as well, gonna stick with it.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Last edited by WhyNotCrashDifferently? (2009-03-13 12:45:03)

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Both links are down:

There are some easy to install deb files available from the CrunchBangers PPA:
32bit: https://launchpad.net/%7Ecrunchbangers/ … 1_i386.deb
64bit: https://launchpad.net/%7Ecrunchbangers/ … _amd64.deb

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Re: tint2 with system tray

nabilalk wrote:

Both links are down

No problem here, perhaps the glitche was temporary.

  • Registered: 2008-12-31
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Re: tint2 with system tray

Well, so much for working on netwmpager.
Now that tint2 has a tray, I no longer need trayer, and having netwmpager when I can just split the displays in tint2 seems foolish.

+1 when it becomes default in #! smile

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Is there any way to get multiple rows of elements in tint2? I'd like my tint2 panel to fit in a 100x200'ish piece of desktop estate, so a "one row" panel isn't really an option.

  • From: Lost River Lake
  • Registered: 2009-02-19
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Re: tint2 with system tray

A couple of screenshots to clarify an issue with system tray icons. First, a full view of my bizarre metro desktop:

http://omploader.org/tMWtrcA

Here you see Sonata's right-click menu:

http://omploader.org/tMWtrcQ

Here you see how Sonata's right-click menu leaves artifacts (is that the right term?) on the system tray:

http://omploader.org/tMWtrcg

I hope the bug gets fixed, it would be nice to see the new tint2 in #!. I will add a link to this at the developer's bug tracking site.

Last edited by Piraja (2009-04-24 07:15:54)

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Re: tint2 with system tray

^ I believe this bug is well known to the developer and is being actively worked on smile

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Probably on one of my spare computers.

I don't have problems with trayer, but running less program always sounds great

  • From: Lost River Lake
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Re: tint2 with system tray

The system tray bug seems to be fixed now, with r114. You can get it via Killeroid's PPA. Nice!!

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Re: tint2 with system tray

When will the tint2 package be updated in the CrunchbangLinux repo? It's still revision 70 and it has the bug with the non-transparent icons. Please update the package to at least r114 as stated above, thanks.

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Re: tint2 with system tray

Piraja wrote:

The system tray bug seems to be fixed now, with r114. You can get it via Killeroid's PPA. Nice!!

That is good news. I must give it a test smile

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Re: tint2 with system tray

KiwiWifi wrote:

When will the tint2 package be updated in the CrunchbangLinux repo? It's still revision 70 and it has the bug with the non-transparent icons. Please update the package to at least r114 as stated above, thanks.

I have now updated the 9.04.xx repository with r118 packages. smile

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  • From: Bålsta, Håbo, Sweden
  • Registered: 2009-06-11
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Re: tint2 with system tray

corenominal wrote:
KiwiWifi wrote:

When will the tint2 package be updated in the CrunchbangLinux repo? It's still revision 70 and it has the bug with the non-transparent icons. Please update the package to at least r114 as stated above, thanks.

I have now updated the 9.04.xx repository with r118 packages. smile

Excellent news. Thanks for such a fast reply and action smile

Last edited by KiwiWifi (2009-06-21 13:14:00)