Switch acer desktop <-> xfce from panel (icon)

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

Well, after some fiddling, I got this working. Have to thank the OP for coming up with this.

However, when I switch to the other non Acer desktop, the search bar is still there. How do I get rid of the search bar on the other desktop?

 

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

Cool man! thanks for replying

but the compiling stuff arrrg! i am not sure how to work it out??? dont get it :?:
i think i will just wait for the rpm hehe THANK YOU!

 

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

Hit alt-f2 and run this

Code:

sudo mousepad /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc

Find where it says this: Client3_Command=/usr/share/search-bar/start-search_bar.sh

and replace it with this: Client3_Command=xfce-mcs-manager.new

 

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

Thank you oh so very much for posting this!

 

PLEASE HELP

How do you I add an xfce menu icon. Kind of like the start menu in windows. I see in done in screen shot but have no idea how to do it.

THANKS! I love this forum......

 

okik did it , it is great but mmmm can i change the xfce background ...



i don't like mice that much

 

Hey guys! Sorry if this is a stupid question but im really new to Linux. What do u mean by step 2? I tried to skip it but then when i tried to do chmod +x changedesktop.sh in the terminal it said no file or directory. I guess its cuz i skipped step 2. Please reply and sorry again if this is a stupid question

 

it might be something silly to ask,
but after downloading the scrip I cannot open it,
it said "file not available"... pls help? thanks

 

Ok, i have one problem-i tried to activate change desktop and it put 4x icons of Lanceus on the bottom right side. How can i put it back. And yes, im total novice to linux. And of course Switch Desktop doesnt work at me.

 

Carefuly read this post from beginning = there is answer for too mush launchers in right side

 

Thanks Rix.

But i still dont know whats went wrong with my changedesktop skript installation.I mean it downloaded it in downloads-but when i type in terminal unzip... there is a message: "no such directory..."
?

 

In console:

su
cd /home/user/Downloads

then zip bla bla bla..

 

How can i find usr/local/bin directory to copy desktopchange there? Because i installed it in downloads but when i want to put that icon on tray i cannt do it.

 

unzip ..? why do you want to unzip ..? this is a script .. not archive :shock:

If the script is in your download' directory ( /home/user/Downloads or /mnt/home/Downloads if you have SD on storage expansion ) :

Code:

[user@localhost ~]$ cd ~/Downloads
[user@localhost Downloads]$ ls
changedesktop.sh
[user@localhost Downloads]$ chmod +x changedesktop.sh
[user@localhost Downloads]$ sudo mv changedesktop.sh /usr/local/bin/changedesktop
[user@localhost Downloads]$ cd
[user@localhost ~]$ xfce4-panel -a

Now add a launcher to panel ( command = changedesktop ) ... If this doesn't work , I can't help you

If I have free time , I update 1st post ... step to step .. :ugeek: And may be another script for install

Bye ..

 

Thanks, ill try it.
Thanks-it works just fine. This was very helpfull!

 

So, i have similar question-i want to put applications icons on desktop. How can i do it?
Thanks

 

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

You can follow the steps here to boot upp directly into the xfce desktop:
http://jorge.ulver.no/2008/08/06/acer-aspire-one-tips-and-tricks/#Changingtothedefaultdesktop
No need to run a script every time you want to go to the xfce desktop.

 

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

Has anyone else noticed that both the method at the top of the thread and this method seem to break aufs?

 

Re: Switch acer desktop <-> xfce

This appears to be the case for me as well. I installed and used this script before inserting my SDHC card, but when I did, nothing useful happened. I did not get the popup asking whether I wanted to add the card as expansion (or whatever the message says, it's a few weeks since I saw it).

If it breaks it permanently, I don't care; I would happily mount the SDHC card on /home but I don't want the OS to decide to do this at some random point in the future and corrupt my card.

 

hey buddy thanks....thank you very much...BUT CAN U PLS TELL ME HOW DID YOU GET ICONS LIKE IN SCREENSHOTS - MAC TYPES..pls