themonkman

Runs great on SuSE 10.1! Now I finally have all of my songs in .oog, faster than I ever have in the past. Thanks!! - Sep 30 2006

Why is it so low? This would look nice if you had it at least to be 1280x1024. Most of us don't run 1024x780. - Sep 30 2006

Why is it so low? This would look nice if you had it at least to be 1280x1024. Most of us don't run 1024x780. - Sep 30 2006

Why is it so low? This would look nice if you had it at least to be 1280x1024. Most of us don't run 1024x780. - Sep 30 2006

Why is it so low? This would look nice if you had it at least to be 1280x1024. Most of us don't run 1024x780. - Sep 30 2006

Why is it so low? This would look nice if you had it at least to be 1280x1024. Most of us don't run 1024x780. - Sep 30 2006

For your window decoration/theme, you should try T-ish and T-ish Metal. It gives Safari like buttons for Nautilus, and there is also the Firefox theme to tie it all together. - Sep 26 2006

Very nicely done. BTW, where did you get the wallpaper from? - Sep 01 2006

I like the wallpaper, but I don't exactly get the reason it says "Time Out", and what it has to do with a duck dressed in Indian garb. Could you explain it to us? - Aug 27 2006

When running a KDE application in Gnome using the NovumOS cgwd theme, I noticed that there is a strange artifact just to the left of minimize button. You can see what I'm talking about in this picture:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/488/snapshot3rj4.png - Aug 24 2006

By far this is the best window decoration for compiz that I've seen yet. The overall theme is perfect, too. - Aug 24 2006

...a compositing Windows Manager that rides on top of Xgl (X OpenGL Server) which allows for many previously impossible graphical effects, such as virtual desktops on the side of a 3D cube, real hardware rendered transparency, and the list goes on. It comes standard with SuSE 10.1. Check it out on OpenSuSE.org, or Wikipedia. It's been ported for many other distro's as well.

BTW, love the icons. Not too keen about the theme at the moment, but I'd like to see more from you! You've got the talent. - Aug 14 2006

I'd love to! It would look great on my desktop along w/ your karamba theme. Please let me know where I can get it :) - Mar 18 2006

I would love to! It's a nice theme, and would look awesome on my desktop. - Mar 16 2006

I like it very much. Simple, yet elegant.

Also, where did you get your wallpaper? I can't find it anywhere on here. - Mar 14 2006

I like the background. Beautiful! - Mar 14 2006

I think there is a problem with the getGMail.py script that this karamba widget uses.

When testing it from the console, it returns this (the username and password has just been x'ed out for obvious reasons:

x_theory@linux:~/.superkaramba/aero_aio> python getGMail.py xxxxx@gmail.com xxxxxx
wget: unrecognized option `--no-check-certificate'
error

It has to do with this script in getGMail.py:

def getGMailNum(login, password):
password = password.replace("@", "%40")
f = os.popen("wget -qO - --no-check-certificate https://" + login + ":" + password + "@mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom")
a = f.read()
f.close()
match = re.search("([0-9]+)", a)
if (match != None):
return match.group(1)
else:
return "error"

I'm no programmer, so could someone tell me a way to patch this up so that it'll pull the status of my GMail account? Thanks. - Mar 04 2006

I can't seem for the life of me to be able to adjust the volume w/ his theme. I thought this had been added in already. - Jan 02 2006

How do you install the system tray icons you have, specifically the ones for the sound mixer that will make the bars go up or down depending on if you raise or lower the volume? Also, which sound mixer app are you using for that? ALSA or KMixer? - Sep 06 2005

Could you give a quick lowdown on how to install these system tray icons? Great screenshot, btw! - Sep 02 2005

bonafide, I noticed that you've used SuSE in the past, but for the life of me I can't switch my default login screen to this new one you created.

I've followed your instructions to a "T", but did notice that I do not have a /kdm/themes directory in my home folder. There is one that resides in /opt/kde3/share/apps/, but not in /home. I made sure to copy the extracted folder to it, and also for the sake of frustration even created a ~.kde/share/apps/kdm/themes in my home directory.

I noticed that there are two kdmrc config files on my system. One is under /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and looks like this in the X Greeter section:

[X-*-Greeter]
AntiAliasing=false
AuthComplain=false
ColorScheme=AquaBlue
EchoMode=OneStar
FaceSource=AdminOnly
FailFont=helvetica,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
ForgingSeed=1119535851
GUIStyle=
GreetFont=charter,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
GreetString=Welcome to %s at %n
GreeterPos=50,50
HiddenUsers=
Language=en_US
LogoArea=Logo
LogoPixmap=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/pics/kdelogo.png
MaxShowUID=65000
MinShowUID=500
Preloader=/opt/kde3/bin/preloadkde
SelectedUsers=
ShowUsers=NotHidden
SortUsers=true
StdFont=helvetica,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
Theme=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/themes/osximitation
UseBackground=true
UserCompletion=false
UserList=true

and the other one is here: /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and looks like this in the section that seems pertinent (sorry for the long post);

# Greeter config for all displays
[X-*-Greeter]
# Widget style of the greeter. "" means the built-in default which currently
# is "Plastik".
# Default is ""
#GUIStyle=Windows
# Admin session
# Default is false
#UseAdminSession=true
# Widget color scheme of the greeter. "" means the built-in default which
# currently is yellowish grey with some light blue and yellow elements.
# Default is ""
#ColorScheme=Pumpkin
# What should be shown in the greeter's logo are:
# "None" - nothing
# "Logo" - the image specified by LogoPixmap
# "Clock" - a neat analog clock
# Default is Clock
LogoArea=Logo
# The image to show when LogoArea=Logo.
# Default is ""
LogoPixmap=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/pics/kdelogo.png
# The relative coordinates (X,Y in percent) of the center of the greeter.
# Default is "50,50"
#GreeterPos=30,40
# The screen the greeter should be displayed on in multi-headed and Xinerama
# setups. The numbering starts with 0. For Xinerama, it corresponds to the
# listing order in the active ServerLayout section of XF86Config; -1 means
# to use the upper-left screen, -2 means to use the upper-right screen.
# Default is 0
#GreeterScreen=-1
# The headline in the greeter. The following character pairs are replaced:
# - %d -> current display
# - %h -> host name, possibly with domain name
# - %n -> node name, most probably the host name without domain name
# - %s -> the operating system
# - %r -> the operating system's version
# - %m -> the machine (hardware) type
# - %% -> a single %
# Default is "Welcome to %s at %n"
#GreetString=K Desktop Environment (%n)
# The font for the greeter headline.
# Default is "charter,24,bold"
#GreetFont=charter,20,5,0,50,0
# The normal font used in the greeter.
# Default is "helvetica,12"
#StdFont=helvetica,10,5,0,50,0
# The font used for the "Login Failed" message.
# Default is "helvetica,12,bold"
#FailFont=helvetica,10,5,0,75,0
# Whether the fonts used in the greeter should be antialiased.
# Default is false
#AntiAliasing=true
# What to do with the Num Lock modifier for the time the greeter is running:
# "Off" - turn off
# "On" - turn on
# "Keep" - do not change the state
# Default is Keep
#NumLock=Off
# Language and locale to use in the greeter, encoded like $LC_LANG.
# Default is "en_US"
#Language=de_DE
# Enable autocompletion in the username line edit.
# Default is false
#UserCompletion=true
# Enable user list (names along with images) in the greeter.
# Default is true
#UserList=false
# User selection for UserCompletion and UserList:
# "NotHidden" - all users except those listed in HiddenUsers
# "Selected" - only the users listed in SelectedUsers
# Default is NotHidden
#ShowUsers=Selected
# For ShowUsers=Selected. @ means all users in that group.
# Default is ""
#SelectedUsers=root,johndoe
# For ShowUsers=NotHidden. @ means all users in that group.
# Default is ""
#HiddenUsers=root
# Special case of HiddenUsers: users with a non-zero UID less than this number
# will not be shown as well.
# Default is 0
MinShowUID=500
# Complement to MinShowUID: users with a UID greater than this number will
# not be shown as well.
# Default is 65535
MaxShowUID=65000
# If false, the users are listed in the order they appear in /etc/passwd.
# If true, they are sorted alphabetically.
# Default is true
#SortUsers=false
# Specify, where the users' pictures should be taken from.
# "AdminOnly" - from /$USER.face[.icon]
# "PreferAdmin" - prefer , fallback on $HOME
# "PreferUser" - ... and the other way round
# "UserOnly" - from the user's $HOME/.face[.icon]
# Default is AdminOnly
#FaceSource=PreferUser
# The directory containing the user images if FaceSource is not UserOnly.
# Default is "/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/faces"
#FaceDir=/usr/share/faces
# Specify, if/which user should be preselected for log in.
# "None" - do not preselect any user
# "Previous" - the user which successfully logged in last time
# "Default" - the user specified in the DefaultUser option
# Default is None
#PreselectUser=Previous
# If this is true, the password input line is focused automatically if
# a user is preselected.
# Default is false
#FocusPasswd=true
# The password input fields cloak the typed in text. Specify, how to do it:
# "OneStar" - * is shown for every typed letter
# "ThreeStars" - *** is shown for every typed letter
# "NoEcho" - nothing is shown at all, the cursor does not move
# Default is OneStar
#EchoMode=NoEcho
# If true, krootimage will be automatically started by KDM; otherwise, the
# Setup script should be used to setup the background.
# Default is true
#UseBackground=false
# The configuration file to be used by krootimage.
# Default is "/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/backgroundrc"
#BackgroundCfg=
# Hold the X-server grabbed the whole time the greeter is visible. This
# may be more secure, but it will disable any background and other
# X-clients started from the Setup script.
# Default is false
#GrabServer=true
# How many seconds to wait for grab to succeed.
# Default is 3
#GrabTimeout=3
# Warn, if display has no X-authorization (local auth cannot be created,
# XDMCP display wants no auth, or display is foreign from StaticServers).
# Default is true
AuthComplain=false
# Random seed for forging saved session types, etc. of unknown users.
# This value should be random but constant across the login domain.
# Default is 0
ForgingSeed=1117510419
# Specify conversation plugins for the login dialog. Each plugin can be
# specified as a base name (which expands to $kde_modulesdir/kgreet_$base)
# or as a full pathname.
# Default is "classic"
#PluginsLogin=sign
# Same as PluginsLogin, but for the shutdown dialog.
# Default is "classic"
#PluginsShutdown=modern
# A list of options of the form Key=Value. The conversation plugins can query
# these settings; it is up to them what possible keys are.
# Default is ""
#PluginOptions=SomeKey=randomvalue,Foo=bar
# Show the "Console Login" action in the greeter (if ServerTTY/ConsoleTTYs
# is configured).
# Default is true
#AllowConsole=false
# A program to run while the greeter is visible. It is supposed to preload
# as much as possible of the session that is going to be started (most
# probably).
# Default is ""
Preloader=/opt/kde3/bin/preloadkde
# Whether the greeter should be themed.
# Default is false
UseTheme=true
# The theme to use for the greeter. Can point to either a directory or an XML
# file.
# Default is ""
Theme=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/themes/osximitation

So, my question is what do I still need to edit in this to get your greeter working? I'm severely confused :\ - Aug 30 2005

Nice finder filemanager (and task bar at the top)! Where/how did you do/get that? I've been looking for something like this for a LONG time. Is it a Konqueror hack? Please share! The throbber looks great too :) - Aug 25 2005

Nice icons. What are you using for your desktop on the bottom right? It's pretty cool :) - Aug 09 2005