VL 5.9 Light RC1 released.

[M0E-lnx]

1. I would like to know how does one add a menu catagory-- I can add items manually just fine.. but so far haven't been able to figure out how to add a new catagory.

The menu is generated the same way the XFCE menu is generated.... xdg or something like that... I'm really not sure how to do it either, but if you can find an xfce guide somewhere, try that... it may work

2.  Is there a way to configure the clock to show the seconds also?  if So how.

Yes there is. If you are running lxpanel-0.3.5.6 (like me), you can right-click on the clock and point to "Digital Clock Settings".
If you are running al older version, you'll need to access the panel settings window... point to the "Add panel applets" thing. Click on Diginal clock, and then hit the edit button.
Both procedures will take you to a little window that has the clock format definition... in this box, enter this

Code:

%l:%M:%S %p

That will display the clock like "10:00:05 PM"

I really like this desktop too... I haven't used anything else since I discovered it

[kc1di]

2.  Is there a way to configure the clock to show the seconds also?  if So how.

Yes there is. If you are running lxpanel-0.3.5.6 (like me), you can right-click on the clock and point to "Digital Clock Settings".
If you are running al older version, you'll need to access the panel settings window... point to the "Add panel applets" thing. Click on Diginal clock, and then hit the edit button.
Both procedures will take you to a little window that has the clock format definition... in this box, enter this

Code:

%l:%M:%S %p

That will display the clock like "10:00:05 PM"

I really like this desktop too... I haven't used anything else since I discovered it

Hi Again.  Seems RC-1 comes with lxpanel-0.2.9.0-i586-1vl59  Downloaded lxpanel 0.3.5.6 from Sourceforge .. but get a make error when trying to build the package.. is there a package for 0.3.5.6 I couldn't find one in the repositories.

[M0E-lnx]

@k1cdi
To upgrade your packages, you will need to follow this procedure

• remove all your lxde packages completely

Code:

ls -al /var/log/packages | grep lx

remove every one related to lxde
lxde-common, lxsession, lxnm, etc

• Remove the current configuration dirs

Code:

rm -r ~/.config/lx*

also as root

Code:

rm -r /usr/share/lx*

• Build the new packages using crux ports4slack. I have updated ports for these

You can use vpackager -> build from crux -> right-click the VL repo, select "Update" then search for "lx"
You should see the list of packages under the VL tree
[/list]

It is important that you remove all references to the old packages, this is because the syntax of the config files has changed...
Enjoy

[kc1di]

Thank you Moe  I will do it Tomorrow,  Won't have time tonight..

Dave

[M0E-lnx]

remember to delete the --enable-hal line in lxsession-lite. also notice that lxsession has been replaced with lxsession-lite

[kc1di]

remember to delete the --enable-hal line in lxsession-lite. also notice that lxsession has been replaced with lxsession-lite

Thanks all seems to be working great Got the clock set the way I want it now .

[Dweeberkitty]

Wow! I just installed this on my OLD '98 laptop. VL standard and SOHO are too heavy for this 333mhz with 128mb ram. VL Light revived it. Great job; it is looking great and is running smooth.

[overthere]

I am using VL5.9 STD. Works pretty good with JWM, but I have to always worry about disk space, b/c have mall HDD.

If it helps I still run beta5 on a 4gig and have 1.5 free after adding several programs..ardour,chess, and just now mahjongg plus a folder of test media...there have been reports of spontanious disappearance of the lxde panel but it is retrieveable and has not been a serious issue for me although it happened a couple of times..this may be improved in the rc1 I have not had time to download yet. lxde is nicer than jwm and I think lighter than xfce with similar options...not sure what you added to std but if not much it is worth a look.. both were an easy install for me
cheers

[Dweeberkitty]

I do have a problem with the LXDE panel. How do I get it back? When I logged in, there was no panel.

[overthere]

I just logged out and then log back in..oddly it was just there and has remained so far although I often wonder if it will not be there at some point and prove it did happen..I was unable to recreate the event

[M0E-lnx]

I do have a problem with the LXDE panel. How do I get it back? When I logged in, there was no panel.

Can you start the lxpanel from a terminal and post the output?
Maybe this could be a sound related problem or a network issue.

The panel will by default try to load these plugins, but if an error occurs while doing so, the entire panel will go kaput!.

[nightflier]

Also have a question, does LXDE lighter than XFCE? Is there a lot of bugs in it?

LXDE is the lighter of the two. It is still in early development and I think it has more bugs than XFCE.

[budulay]

Thanks. I am now thinking about installing VL 5.9 Lite instead of Standard, but don't have much time now... Maybe a littlebit later.

[Vanger]

Worked under initrd translation in VM, only now got time to install it.

Well, it's even more cool, than it's been )) .

Oops, killed it in 20 minutes. Reported to bugthread.

But it boots at awesome speed, really!

[VgnFrnd]

I've successfully installed VL-Lite 5.9 RC1 on another of my ancient, finicky thinkpads.    It's an 1452 with a PII Celeron Mendocino, 262 MB RAM, 20GB HD, and 2.5 MB NeoMagic Graphics. I had to pass acpi=noirq on installation and as a boot line in Lilo to overcome interrupt errors associated with the irq channel assigned to the optical drive by the bios, but aside from that, everything is running excellently. In the past, I've had Zenwalk and PCLOSBE X Home installed on the 1452, but thus far VL-Lite is knocking the socks off of them for speed and stability.