disable desktop background in fedora 13 (LXDE)

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi Christoph,

oclock is in  xorg-x11-apps in fedora which I think is installed with
the F13 LXDE spin. 

Many thanks,
Ranjan

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:37:48 -0500 Christoph Wickert
<christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 08:03 -0500 schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
> > Dear Christoph,
> > 
> > Thanks very much for your e-mail and your suggestions! However, I have
> > a problem:
> > 
> > On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 01:37:49 -0500 Christoph Wickert
> > <christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Am Montag, den 04.10.2010, 21:24 -0500 schrieb Ranjan Maitra: 
> > > > Thanks, Christoph. I have now subscribed to the lxde fedora mailing
> > > > list.
> > > 
> > > Welcome Ranjan, that was quick. :)
> > > 
> > > > > Edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart and change the line that reads 
> > > > > or remove it completely. Instead add a line for xplanet
> > > > > 
> > > > > @xplanet
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have also added 
> > > > 
> > > > @oclock -geometry -0+0 -tr -fg red -bd red -jewel red
> > > > 
> > > > to get the oclock autostarted there (and it works). However, I would
> > > > like to add this clock on all my desktops as well as without the
> > > > border. Do you know how I can do this using the autostarted feature?
> > > 
> > > Look into .config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml. If the file does not exist, you
> > > need to copy over /usr/share/lxde/openbox/rc.xml to that location.
> > > 
> > > At the end of the file you will find the window matching rules. Add a
> > > new one for xclock:
> > > 
> > >   <application name="xclock" class="XClock">
> > >     <decor>no</decor>
> > >     <shade>no</shade>
> > >     <position>
> > >       <x>0</x>
> > >       <y>0</y>
> > >       <monitor>1</monitor>
> > >     </position>
> > >     <focus>no</focus>
> > >     <desktop>all</desktop>
> > >     <layer>normal</layer>
> > >     <iconic>no</iconic>
> > >     <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
> > >     <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
> > >   </application>
> > > 
> > > <desktop>all</desktop> is the option you are looking for. You can also
> > > leave out the options that you already pass to xclock at the command
> > > line such as position.
> > 
> > The application is called oclock so I replaced the xclock and the
> > XClock in the above with that. (It did not work otherwise also.)
> > However, this has no effect on the desktop and other effects that I
> > wanted. 
> 
> I don't know where you have oclock from, so I cannot look up the values
> for you. Please run xclock, then run xprop in a terminal and click on
> the xclock window. xprop will return info about the program in the
> terminal. The values of WM_CLASS(STRING) match application name and
> class in the openbox configuration. Example:
> 
> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xclock", "XClock"
> 
> first argument is name, second is class, so it becomes 
> 
> <application name="xclock" class="XClock">
> 
> > Could you please try and see if it works for you? I am very perplexed.
> 
> This is how I get xclock into the top right corner:
> 
>     <application name="xclock" class="XClock">
>       <decor>no</decor>
>       <shade>no</shade>
>       <position>
>         <x>-0</x>
>         <y>0</y>
>         <monitor>1</monitor>
>       </position>
>       <focus>no</focus>
>       <desktop>all</desktop>
>       <layer>below</layer>
>       <iconic>no</iconic>
>       <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
>       <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
>     </application>
>   </applications>
> 
> as you see I have changed the position (-1) and the layer (below).
> 
> Kind regards,
> Christoph
> 
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