


Ice-WM Themes by typeprinthere 8 comments

KDE 3.x Splash Screens by GeeZee 2 comments
Voting it down based on a few words is childish IMHO.
Anyway, nice work. - Jun 21 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by djworld 25 comments
IMHO, of course. - Jun 13 2004

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
1. type
export PYTHONHOME=[:]
in a terminal and then try running superkaramba again, and if that doesn't work...
2. type
unset PYTHONHOME
in a terminal and then try running superkaramba.
If neither of these work, and no superkaramba themes work, I'd suggest posting your problem to the superkaramba forum, here: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=67470
Hope that helps, at least somewhat :)
---Matt - Jan 10 2004

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
The TaskPanel, NoatunPanel, QuickLaunchPanel, and PagerPanel require PyKDE (which you can get here: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pykde/download.php) Without it, they will not run.
If you setup PyKDE and it still does not work, try looking in the file "slickbar.log" -- it should list any errors that occurred in SlickBar. Feel free to post the errors or email them to me for more help.
---Matt - Jan 10 2004

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Can't really help with font troubles, sorry :(. I just use what Mandrake gives me :).
As for helping with SlickBar..... that'd be great! I'll welcome any help on SlickBar! I've been busy lately and haven't done much work on it, but I intend to start up again soon so that I can finish up v1.0 and release it. - Nov 25 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
If you cannot get any panels displayed, and no errors are being output, something very weird is going on. Make sure you check slickbar.log for any output. - Oct 27 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
As for the crashes.... hmmm. The next time it crashes, send me your slickbar.log before you open slickbar again. It should contain all the output for tracking python errros. Segfaults and such, unfortunately are more likely related to PyKDE or superkaramba (even more likely: using PyKDE on superkaramba) and aren't something I can spend the time looking into just yet.
Hope that helps (at least somewhat). - Oct 24 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 3 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
The "import os" error is one which I recall seeing discussed over on the superkaramba discussion boards, and is unrelated to SlickBar itself. I'd check that out first (go to netdragon.sourceforge.net and click on "discuss").
As for your PyKDE problems, I'm not sure. Did you install from source? These problems may be related to the os importing bug above.
Like I said, try the latest superkaramba and see what happens. - Oct 22 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Never fear though :) I have been doing little optimizations here and there throughout development, but I will be looking at some more drastic measures soon. Frankly, I am also annoyed at the CPU usage of SlickBar. - Oct 21 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
You have to edit setup.cfg in the pyxmms directory (or pykde directory or whatever you are installing) to insure that it is installing to the right place (by changing the "prefix" option). For example, on my system the python libraries are in /usr/lib/python-2.2, so my prefix is /usr. Find out where python is installed and then adjust your prefix accordingly. - Oct 13 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Wallpaper Other by timbrown527 19 comments
I find the wallpaper itself to be pretty nice looking, minus the message (which I don't believe in) and the blue border (which doesn't really fit in :) ). So, in the spirit of community, I'm going to give it a "good" vote.
And frankly, I think a lot of people here need to grow up. - Sep 28 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
TOPBAR=TRUE
to the "KARAMBA" line in slickbar.theme to make it act as a "panel" (apps will not maximize over top of it). Also, IIRC, ONTOP=TRUE will make it always-on-top.
This works with any superkaramba theme. - Sep 28 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
If that is the case, I don't think there's much I can do :( - Sep 28 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
the final second of the track (noatun/xmms bar) is concealed by the prev-track arrow. Presumably a font issue on my system.
Hmmm... yeah, thats sounds like fonts. You should be able to change the font and font size of the track time using the config GUI.
And the taskbar doesn't update with apps
Ah yes.... a known bug :) Actually, I will probably submit a patch to superkaramba that will allow me to fix this without using a lot of CPU (which is why it currently is not fixed)
It would be great if it displayed the sites favicon instead of Konq's default icon though.
Interestingly, I have already submitted a patch that will allow SlickBar (and any taskbar) to get accurate task icons ;). Unfortunately, the latest version of superkaramba hasn't been released yet, so I can't unleash the next SlickBar (which already has these changes) yet :(
Plus (just to sweeten the anticipation :) ) the TaskBar now indicates which task is currently active, and also functions much better (as far as responding to clicks) due to another superkaramba patch I submitted. - Sep 18 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
It could be a problem in PyXMMS..... but I could just be making that up ;) - Sep 16 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
As well, to be fully useful you should open the config GUI from within slickbar by middle-clicking on the K-button then clicking "Configure SlickBar". If you run the GUI outside of SlickBar, it will save changes but it will not auto-update SlickBar. - Sep 12 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
I am often busy with school, so getting more people working on SlickBar is great!
Thanks! - Sep 12 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
This might be more of a problem with superkaramba's systray implementation. I'd try posting about this bug on the slickbar discussion board. On the other hand, I could be crazy and it might be my fault.... does the system tray work for you in any other themes? If not, it's likely superkaramba.
By the way, your work on this theme is fantastic. Keep it up! Thanks.
Thanks.... I'm always trying to push the limits of whatever I work on. So what started as a simple theme, has kind of mushroomed into this huge project! It's fun to work on, though, and great to get feedback :) - Sep 11 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
If it still doesn't work, you may have to recompile PyQt and/or PyKDE. Try running the example files in /usr/share/doc/PyQt-3.7 (for PyQt) and
/usr/share/doc/PyKDE/examples//examples3/ (for PyKDE) to make sure both of them are working properly. - Sep 10 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
If it still doesn't work, run superkaramba from a terminal and see if it gives any error output. - Sep 10 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
its great to get feedback like this :) - Sep 10 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
I didn't use karamba because, quite frankly, its API is extremely limited for full-fledged GUIs. The panel preview would simply not have been possible.
It seemed like a good idea at the time :) - Sep 08 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
The font problem might be solvable now -- try playing with the options in the new version's (0.9) config GUI. It looks like you should probably just reduce the font size.
The new version also includes a system tray ;)
As for the ontop thing... I've had a few requests for it. You can do it manually by adding TOPBAR=TRUE to the "KARAMBA" line in slickbar.theme. I'm not sure I like how that's implemented though, so I'm not going to provide an "official" option just yet. - Sep 07 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by Chromakode 17 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Or, you might not have installed python 2.3 with all the necessary modules (the xml module, for eg, is neeeded)...
If you need help post any error messages you get and I'll see what I can do. - Sep 04 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Then, PyQt and PyKDE should compile properly (you should probably recompile PyQt after you update your qt libraries) - Sep 03 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Also, read the reply I posted to anderruiz, above, it might help diagnose the problem. - Aug 31 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
First, make sure the PyQt and PyKDE examples work. They are in the source package, or if it is installed they will probably be somewhere like /usr/share/doc/PyQt-3.7/examples3/ and /usr/share/doc/PyKDE/examples/. Just try one of the scripts in those directories, and make sure they run. If they don't, than your PyQt or PyKDE installations are not working properly.
As for the XMMSPanel problem -- that isn't related to PyKDE. Do you have PyXMMS installed? Also: What is the error message XMMSPanel gives when it fails -- that could be useful in determining why it doesn't work. - Aug 31 2003
That said, there is one small thing I miss from Galaxy and Alloy -- their splitter bars. Alloy's especially -- it appears to "blend in" with the surrounding area, and be a part of it, instead of having that ugly squarish look about it at the ends (a la Keramik).
Anyway, thanks for the great theme and windeco! - Aug 30 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Just to be sure, try removing the taskbar from your configuration (temporarily, of course :) and see if it the bug still happens. - Aug 25 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by optikSmoke 282 comments
Or, you can simply open up the file slickbar-config.xml in the slickbar directory using your favourite text editor :). - Aug 20 2003