noo_b_nomnoms- scrots

[machinebacon]

Sounds good. Better than fixing it :)

I recommend to install one program at a time and then try it first in the terminal by simply issuing the command. If it works, pick the next one. Reason: sometimes, when there are transitions, some dependencies might not be resolved, and then removed (APT always tries to get dependencies right, even if shit is removed through installation or upgrade).

[ivanovnegro]

Btw you do not need to make a scrot if you want to show your .xinitrc. Just paste it here from your terminal.

Yes, read before upgrading. I think that is the bit that newcomers to sid never realize. If you do it, I assure you you will survive all the upgrades to 99.9 %. The 0.1 % is just to sound more like marketing some condoms. Shit goes down only if you are the first getting hit by a serious bug, not very probable.

[noo_b_nomnoms]

Ok. Violator reinstalled. I added links2, but this one does not display images. The only suggested package I didn't install was librsvg2-bin, because I saw what looked like a whole desktop in the dependencies. Also to be installed was a network manager, a desktop schema, icon themes, etc.
Why would I need all that to display inline images?? It is a little weird not being able to see any images, though.I am going to do the volumeicon and reboot, I will try to copy/paste the ~/.xinitrc after that,If not, I will scrot..

[noo_b_nomnoms]

Ok. had to switch to dillo,lols. couldn't figure out how to upload a scrot with links2.

[machinebacon]

The package name is volumeicon-alsa, but the executable is called "volumeicon &", so change the line from "volumeicon-alsa &" to "volumeicon &" and you can also remove the previous line that would start emacspeak for the blind ;)

[machinebacon]

Oh and just FYI

I added links2, but this one does not display images.

Start it with "xlinks2". links2 has a pure text mode and a graphical mode ("links2 -g" which is linked to "xlinks2").

I don't see a dependency on network-manager (check for yourself with "depends links2"), it only recommends a terminal emulator.

Another BTW, if you want text mode with inline images, then it would be the packages "w3m w3m-img". But I don't think you really want that one.

[rhowaldt]

I did the script in ~.xinitrc and it showed that it was written (^o ), but after restarting the computer, I gots no volumeicon :(

another fyi: no need to restart your computer after editing .xinitrc - it is the init of the X window system, in other words, you can logout, get back to your TTY, then log back in. just restart X, not your whole computer.

@Jules: yeah, those commandline switches for MOC are great. then next step is put them into a custom dmenu. but seeing the trouble our resident noob is in, we should probably leave that out for now :D

[wuxmedia]

yeah, to put it another way, you can't expect to put a Kenworth engine straight into a Renault, then add a the drivetrain from a Subaru...
Not without a LOT of work and looking at manuals.

But you have the right approach. Start a bit smaller perhaps, one thing at a time?

[noo_b_nomnoms]

Thanks for the help! Will fix the volumeicon & and will check out xlinks2.
^ You got that right! I am getting a little overwhelmed, but this is still pretty neat stuff! But first, that volume icon- getting a little tired of pulling up alsamixer,lols (actually I just keep it right under moc for quick adjustments,hehe)

[noo_b_nomnoms]

Sorry :( I had to scrot. I also had to use geany because I couldn't figure out how to make nano copy/paste (I know, man pages- I will read tonight).

I still don't see a volume icon. I know I gotta be doing something wrong. I learned to not add two &&'s, lols. I had to hard boot the computer and login as root to fix that one :))

The xlinks2 worked great- until I tried to upload the scrot. I clicked on the upload file, an ok popped up at the bottom, but no way to go to my files and select.
I did use nano to edit .xinitrc :)

[franksinistra]

^ just use

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amixer -c $HW Master set X%+ # or X%-

or this code (taken from z3bra's git)

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#!/bin/sh
#
# z3bra - (c) wtfpl 2014

CHANNEL=$(amixer | sed "1s/^.*'\(.*\)'.*$/\1/p;d")

usage () {
    cat <<EOF
usage: $(basename $0) [-hsla] [-+!]
    -h : print help
    -s : print on/off
    -l : print the current volume percentage (default)
    -a : print both level and state
     + : volume +5%
     - : volume -5%
     ! : toggle mute
EOF
}

level() {
    amixer  get $CHANNEL | sed -n 's/^.*\[\([0-9]\+\)%.*$/\1/p' | uniq
}

state() {
    amixer  get $CHANNEL | sed -n 's/^.*\[\(o[nf]\+\)]$/\1/p' | uniq
}

# print out level and state if no argument is given
test $# -eq 0 && echo "`level`" && exit 0

case $1 in
    -h)        usage ;;
    -s)        state ;;
    -l)        level ;;
     up|+)     amixer set $CHANNEL 5%+ >/dev/null;;
     down|-)   amixer set $CHANNEL 5%- >/dev/null;;
     toggle|!) amixer set $CHANNEL toggle >/dev/null;;
     *)        amixer set $CHANNEL $1 >/dev/null;;
esac

Put the above script somewhere in your $PATH (/usr/local/bin for example). Whenever you want to set/view/mute/unmute the volume just type that command.
From easy made complicated to simple made easy.

[machinebacon]

short stupid question: volumeicon is actually installed? in dmenu (press Mod-d to open it) or in a terminal start it with:

volumeicon

and see if it pops up in the bar. If it's not installed:

ins volumeicon-alsa

[noo_b_nomnoms]

^ I checked- I have a volumeicon- I opened a terminal, did "volumeicon ins" and this is what I got- it just is hung there.

[noo_b_nomnoms]

Done. Still no meicon in the bar

[wuxmedia]

^ odd, try looking in your .i3/config for the
tray_output none|primary|<output>

[noo_b_nomnoms]

ok. Back on Violator so can do right now.

[wuxmedia]

docs here:
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_configuring_i3bar

[noo_b_nomnoms]

# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
#finds out if available)
bar(
status_command i3status
tray_output primary
)

This is what I have- I had to just write it out because I keep forgetting how to copy/paste with nano, lols.
Does the script look right? I don't think I ever mucked with it.

[machinebacon]

nomnom, please open a terminal and enter exactly like this:

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volumeicon

then open another terminal and make a scrot, please, thanks ;)

[wuxmedia]

... I keep forgetting how to copy/paste with nano, lols.
Does the script look right? I don't think I ever mucked with it.

Dude, If you can highlight it, y'know - click and drag your mouse over it - it's in your copy buffer already!
Hit middle mouse or both laptop buttons and it should paste. Linux style baby.

it can get a bit complex though with the X windows copy buffer too.
yes the config looks right. so just run it like bacon said and see if it has a problem.