Strange broken icons / window close,minimize,maximize buttons

[phatpocket.lists.icewm]

Hi,


Many apologies if this has already been answered previously.  I have
done some research and couldn't find a solution.

We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit) system
and have never used icewm before.  When I install the latest version of
icewm (whether building from source or installing the latest freebsd
port), all icons are broken including minimize, maximize, etc.  They
appear as strange colours that change when the mouse pointer runs
across them (if installed via the Freebsd ports system) or a series of
lines.  I had a look at the xpm files in the icon directory with a
graphics viewer and they seem fine.

Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance for any help.

P

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[Charles-94]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100
phatpocket.lists.icewm@... wrote:

>
> We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit)
> system and have never used icewm before.  When I install the latest
> version of icewm (whether building from source or installing the
> latest freebsd port), all icons are broken including minimize,
> maximize, etc.  They appear as strange colours that change when the
> mouse pointer runs across them (if installed via the Freebsd ports
> system) or a series of lines.  I had a look at the xpm files in the
> icon directory with a graphics viewer and they seem fine.



  This happens with Icewm when you pick a theme that uses gradients
and Icewm doesn't support gradients. Others have complained about it.


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[phatpocket.lists.icewm]

Hi,

Many thanks for the response.  This happens with all of the themes that
come with icewm (including the default).  I have downloaded a couple of
themes from the net, but they have been even worse (black toolbar, etc).
 Do the current default themes use gradients also?  If not, are there
any other possible explanations?

Best,

P
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:11 -0400, "Frank" <beacon@...> said:

> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100
> phatpocket.lists.icewm@... wrote:
>
> >
> > We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit)
> > system and have never used icewm before.  When I install the latest
> > version of icewm (whether building from source or installing the
> > latest freebsd port), all icons are broken including minimize,
> > maximize, etc.  They appear as strange colours that change when the
> > mouse pointer runs across them (if installed via the Freebsd ports
> > system) or a series of lines.  I had a look at the xpm files in the
> > icon directory with a graphics viewer and they seem fine.
>
>
>
>   This happens with Icewm when you pick a theme that uses gradients
> and Icewm doesn't support gradients. Others have complained about it.
>
>
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[Charles-94]

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:47:24 +0100
phatpocket.lists.icewm@... wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Many thanks for the response.  This happens with all of the themes
> that come with icewm (including the default).  I have downloaded a
> couple of themes from the net, but they have been even worse (black
> toolbar, etc). Do the current default themes use gradients also?
> If not, are there any other possible explanations?
>
> Best,
>
> P
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:11 -0400, "Frank" <beacon@...>
> said:
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100
> > phatpocket.lists.icewm@... wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit)
> > > system and have never used icewm before.  When I install the
> > > latest version of icewm (whether building from source or
> > > installing the latest freebsd port), all icons are broken
> > > including minimize, maximize, etc.  They appear as strange
> > > colours that change when the mouse pointer runs across them (if
> > > installed via the Freebsd ports system) or a series of lines.
> > > I had a look at the xpm files in the icon directory with a
> > > graphics viewer and they seem fine.
> >
> >
> >
> >   This happens with Icewm when you pick a theme that uses
> > gradients and Icewm doesn't support gradients. Others have
> > complained about it.
> >

    You can try commenting out the gradients line in
    the default.theme file in whatever directory the troublesome
theme is located. Sometimes it works...other times it doesn't.
There is no other solution I know off. What version of IceWm are you
using?
Personally I have switched window managers to FluxBox because of this
and other problems with IceWm.


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[phatpocket.lists.icewm]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the reply.  No gradient line in the win95 theme,
unfortunately.  I hope we can figure this out.  Seems otherwise like a
fantastic window manager.  I am switching Windows users over to Unix and
trying to minimize the "shock".  Icewm seems otherwise perfect for our
needs.

P
On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:23:42 -0400, "Frank" <beacon@...> said:

> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:47:24 +0100
> phatpocket.lists.icewm@... wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Many thanks for the response.  This happens with all of the themes
> > that come with icewm (including the default).  I have downloaded a
> > couple of themes from the net, but they have been even worse (black
> > toolbar, etc). Do the current default themes use gradients also?
> > If not, are there any other possible explanations?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > P
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:11 -0400, "Frank" <beacon@...>
> > said:
> > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100
> > > phatpocket.lists.icewm@... wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit)
> > > > system and have never used icewm before.  When I install the
> > > > latest version of icewm (whether building from source or
> > > > installing the latest freebsd port), all icons are broken
> > > > including minimize, maximize, etc.  They appear as strange
> > > > colours that change when the mouse pointer runs across them (if
> > > > installed via the Freebsd ports system) or a series of lines.
> > > > I had a look at the xpm files in the icon directory with a
> > > > graphics viewer and they seem fine.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   This happens with Icewm when you pick a theme that uses
> > > gradients and Icewm doesn't support gradients. Others have
> > > complained about it.
> > >
>
>     You can try commenting out the gradients line in
>     the default.theme file in whatever directory the troublesome
> theme is located. Sometimes it works...other times it doesn't.
> There is no other solution I know off. What version of IceWm are you
> using?
> Personally I have switched window managers to FluxBox because of this
> and other problems with IceWm.
>
>
> --
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>
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[Charles-94]

 <phatpocket.lists.icewm <at> phatpocket.com> writes:

>
> Hi Frank,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  No gradient line in the win95 theme,
> unfortunately.  I hope we can figure this out.  Seems otherwise like a
> fantastic window manager.  I am switching Windows users over to Unix and
> trying to minimize the "shock".  Icewm seems otherwise perfect for our
> needs.
>
> P
> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:23:42 -0400, "Frank" <beacon <at> videotron.ca> said:
> > On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:47:24 +0100
> > phatpocket.lists.icewm <at> phatpocket.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Many thanks for the response.  This happens with all of the themes
> > > that come with icewm (including the default).  I have downloaded a
> > > couple of themes from the net, but they have been even worse (black
> > > toolbar, etc). Do the current default themes use gradients also?
> > > If not, are there any other possible explanations?
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > P
> > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:11 -0400, "Frank" <beacon <at> videotron.ca>
> > > said:
> > > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100
> > > > phatpocket.lists.icewm <at> phatpocket.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit)
> > > > > system and have never used icewm before.  When I install the
> > > > > latest version of icewm (whether building from source or
> > > > > installing the latest freebsd port), all icons are broken
> > > > > including minimize, maximize, etc.  They appear as strange
> > > > > colours that change when the mouse pointer runs across them (if
> > > > > installed via the Freebsd ports system) or a series of lines.
> > > > > I had a look at the xpm files in the icon directory with a
> > > > > graphics viewer and they seem fine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   This happens with Icewm when you pick a theme that uses
> > > > gradients and Icewm doesn't support gradients. Others have
> > > > complained about it.
> > > >
> >
> >     You can try commenting out the gradients line in
> >     the default.theme file in whatever directory the troublesome
> > theme is located. Sometimes it works...other times it doesn't.
> > There is no other solution I know off. What version of IceWm are you
> > using?
> > Personally I have switched window managers to FluxBox because of this
> > and other problems with IceWm.
> >

For example this message in early July on the Icewm-developers list:

This is my first bug report, so bear with me, Currently running antiX- M8.2, in
icewm version 1.2.35-1 all
themes worked perfectly, when upgraded to icewm 1.2.37+1.3.4pre2-2 some themes,
with gradients, the
menu background is fine, but the menu highlight causes a sort of double vision,
picking up the previous
entry and moving it over the top of the next entry that is higlighted, if I use
a # on the gradient line, then
the double vision goes away, but instead of a solid highlight I get a sort of
striped bar. I have attached a
snapshot of each to clarify my poor skills at explaining this anomaly.


Never got answered and it seems no body has the solution.






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[Hart, Corey]

All,

I have searched and haven't come across an answer.  Is there a way to stretch the taskbar across multiple monitors for icewm?  Or a way to run dual task bars on a multi monitor system where one task bar only lists the tasks on that monitor and vice versa?

Thanks,

...corey


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[Charles-94]

On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:47:53 -0700
"Hart, Corey" <Corey.Hart@...> wrote:

> All,
>
> I have searched and haven't come across an answer.  Is there a way
> to stretch the taskbar across multiple monitors for icewm?  Or a
> way to run dual task bars on a multi monitor system where one task
> bar only lists the tasks on that monitor and vice versa?
>


  Try this:

  http://forum.soft32.com/linux2/icewm-multiple-monitors-ftopict53814.html


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