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Openbox is a lightweight, standards-compliant window manager for the X Window System.

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gvfs on debian with openbox?

is it possible to use gvfs on a debian system that only has openbox?   here's some info about my sys: sudo cat /etc/debian_version 12.5 sudo cat /etc/os-release HOME_URL="https://www.bunsenlabs....
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Xrdp/openbox allocates 15 GB of hard disk after some days

I use xrdp running openbox on a Debian 11 virtual machine that does computing and runs several days. I access the vm via Windows RDP. I wondered that ~ 15 GB are allocated on the hard disk somehow by ...
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Openbox desktop menu text bug

I have the newest Arch with Open Box on my WMware Workstation. Since the installation I had deformation of text in the 'right click' menu. The fields work and as you can see, I did some customization ...
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What does "evte" mean in the openbox menu?

Failed to execute child process "evte" (no such file or directory) I often see this error when I use Debian + Openbox. It always happens when I click a program without GUI from the openbox ...
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Openbox Button Images are misaligned

I'm trying to setup my Openbox environment but I having an issue. Everytime I installed a new theme, I always get the Windows Titles icons misaligned. For example, this Nord-Openbox theme: And this ...
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Have the Margin on Each Monitor in Openbox

I have moved to Openbox after using i3-gaps for a while, everything is going well but I want to have an outer margin applied just like in i3. I can specify a margin but it doesn't behave exactly how I ...
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Trying to get Raspbian LITE to open Start X automatically to boot a Web Browser

So I am very new to linux and Raspberry Pi's. I am trying to get my pi to boot up into a web browser. I have been following these instructions (https://die-antwort.eu/techblog/2017-12-setup-raspberry-...
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How to export openbox key bindings to text file?

There is tool obkey that allows for convenient editing and browsing Openbox keybindings. Is there a way to export these mapping to a plain text file? Perhaps there exist script that parses Openbox ...
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How can I capture window area that is playing a video and display the area in another window in Linux

I'd like to have a small video window "Always on top" of other windows in my LXDE which would display just the video area I have previously chosen in another window, e.g. Chrome displaying edX video ...
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Concurrently block a web site on some browsers but not others

I need the ability to block a particular web site, in this case youtube.com, on selected browsers or browser instances, but not block it on others. For example, suppose I have different browsers or ...
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Raspberry PI Kiosk does not detect plugged in display

I have many Raspberry PIs setup as Kiosks. I install Raspberry Lite Debian version, then install openbox and use autostart script to run chromium. It all works great "if" the display is plugged in ...
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Some of the keys on my keyboard are broken. LXDE/Openbox. Is it possible to make openbox shortcuts that output the corresponding key globally?

Some of the keys on my keyboard are broken. I am using LXDE/Openbox. Is it possible to make openbox shortcuts that output the corresponding key globally? Hello, The numbers five and six are not ...
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How to startX as non-root user inside the rc.local?

I am trying to start startx as non-root user in my Ubuntu-server 16.04(Linux nanopim1 3.4.113-sun8i #16 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 13 14:15:57 CEST 2017 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux) with openbox installed ...
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How can I disable the grouping of windows in Xfwm4 or Openbox?

My system based on Manjaro groups windows from the same application into one entry in the taskbar. (As OSes seem to do these days) I tried with both Xfwm4 and Openbox to switch this feature off but ...
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Openbox window manager key binds and the grave/tilde key (rc.xml)

I am running Debian 8 (Jessie) and trying to reconfigure the ALT-TAB window switching to ALT-[GRAVE/TILDE]. My inputrc is at /usr/share/lxde/openbox/rc.xml Inside is: <action name="...
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