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[nightflier]

Please keep in mind that we're talking older software on newer hardware here. The amd64 (x86-64) platform came to desktops with the AMD Athlon 64, which gave the Pentium 4 a run for the money. Only some later versions of the P4 were 64 bit capable.

Point is, if you're running a 64 bit system, you should have plenty of power to run a modern desktop environment. I suspect mostly diehard IceWM veterans, who don't mind a few quirks, will be interested in this setup. My salutations!

[hata_ph]

Also, until a gmrun package makes it into our repo:
http://slackware.org.uk/slacky/slackware64-13.37/desktop/gmrun/0.9.2/gmrun-0.9.2-x86_64-1sl.txz

I build gmrun for VL 7.0...pls try it
http://vlcore.vectorlinux.com/pkg/untested/veclinux-7.0/x86/gmrun-0.9.2-x86_64-1vl70.txz
http://vlcore.vectorlinux.com/pkg/untested/veclinux-7.0/x86_64/gmrun-0.9.2-x86_64-1vl70.txz

This mod will give you the IceWM window manager with pcmanfm-mod managing the desktop. Included are scripts for auto-mounting removable media without using hal or gvfs.

Know issues:
The trash feature is not supported.
Auto-mount only works on media inserted after login. Drives with media already present will be ignored.

I use VL 7.0 Light with fluxbox and pcmanfm...I able to make trashcan working in pcmanfm...install gvfs and modify the xinitrc.fluxbox as below...you must have dbus install for it to work...

#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

# autorun xinitrc.d scripts - might conflict with below dbus-lauch scripts
#if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
#  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
#    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
#  done
#  unset f
#fi

# Start the window manager:
if [ -z "$DESKTOP_SESSION" -a -x /usr/bin/ck-launch-session ]; then
  #exec ck-launch-session /usr/bin/startfluxbox
  if [ -x /usr/bin/dbus-launch ]; then
   # run with dbus-launch if it exists
   exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/startfluxbox
  else
   exec ck-launch-session /usr/bin/startfluxbox
  fi
else
  exec /usr/bin/startfluxbox
fi

[nightflier]

Thank you, hata_ph.

64-bit version tests good. Will need to do another 32-bit install to test the other one later.

Appreciate the info on modifying the WM launcher. I did try that, but had several issues with that configuration, at least while showing desktop icons. Maybe fluxbox handles it differently from icewm.

[nightflier]

32-bit package works fine too.

Now, if we could get the issue with the udisks/mdadm package(s) fixed, the mod package could go into repo. 

[hata_ph]

32-bit package works fine too.

Now, if we could get the issue with the udisks/mdadm package(s) fixed, the mod package could go into repo. 

what problem u encounter?

[nightflier]

Udisks has an unsatisfied dep of mdadm:
http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17395.msg96057#msg96057

Not sure if mdadm is really needed for udisks, but it would be nice to have in the repo anyway.

[hata_ph]

Udisks has an unsatisfied dep of mdadm:
http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17395.msg96057#msg96057

Not sure if mdadm is really needed for udisks, but it would be nice to have in the repo anyway.

I have rebuild udisk and build mdadm in the untested repo...pls try it...

[nightflier]

Have what should be the final version. First, the deps:

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ORBit2 >= 2.14.19
aumix >= 2.9.1
gmrun >= 0.9.2
gtkdialog >= 0.8.0
icewm >= 1.3.7
libatasmart >= 0.17
obmixer >= 0.11
udisks >= 1.0.4
upower >= 0.9.15
yad >= 0.19.0
zenity >= 2.30.0
Until package is in repo, you need to manually install all of these first.
If you add it to a full VL64-7.0, there should be no problem.
On a stripped down install, you may need to forcefully install udisks.

Finally, the (unofficial) mod package: http://cincibjj.com/tmp/icewmvmods-3-x86_64-4vl70.txz