windows manager Fluxbox : toolbar only, no applications

[Bruno Costacurta]

On Saturday 10 November 2007 00:16, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:34:38 +0100
>
> Bruno Costacurta <pubmb.bco at pt.lu> wrote:
> > I installed Fluxbox but once started I have no access at any
> > applications. I think under Fluxbox they should be accessed via
> > right-click but really nothing happens. Indeed I only have a useless
> > Toolbar.
>
> It sounds as if the menu is not populated for some reason. You don't
> mention whether you used  an Ubuntu package or compiled your own. If you
> compile fluxbox it installs a utility called as
>
> fluxbox-generate_menu
>
> but if I remember correctly, this is not part of the Ubuntu version. I use
> a self-compiled version here.
>
> One way around this, if you used the Ubuntu version, is to install the
> Debian "menu" - you can do this with for example
>
> sudo apt-get install menu
>
> You then run
>
> sudo update-menus
>
> Alternatively, you can create your own menu by editing the file
>
> /usr/share/fluxbox/menu  ( if you compiled it, that would normally
> be /usr/local/share/fluxbox/menu ) I don't know if this file exists in the
> Ubuntu packaged version, though.
>
> If you prefer, you can place your personal copy of this file in
> ~/.fluxbox/usermenu  and point your fluxbox startup scripts at that file.
>
> There are very good docs on
>
> http://fluxbox.org      in various formats. See
>
> http://fluxbox.org/docbook.php
>
> By the way, I notice on checking the site that Fluxbox has reached 1.0.0 !
> I am about to download the source and roll my own again...
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Unix is hard to learn. The process of learning it is one of multiple
> small epiphanies. -- Neal Stephenson

I run 'fluxbox-generate_menu' from KDE and, once restarted  Fluxbox, got 
needed menus. Thanks. Works fine. 
Now I can continue my discovery of Fluxbox..

Bye,
Bruno