To get the cinnabar highlights in synaptic or other root apps, you can copy ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini to root's home after you set the theme with lxappearance.

...or...open lxappearance as root...

sudo lxappearance

...or use su if you prefer, then enter...

lxappearance

When lxappearance opens, you can choose the theme and icons that you want to use for the root apps.

obconf - just changes the title bar, buttons (and borders?) but not
the highlights.

lxappearance - changes the highlights. (gets rid of the raleigh blue)

lxappearance-obconf - apparently does nothing, and it's described as a
theme switcher for LXDE.

gtk2-engines - didn't seem to do anything in openbox.

To get the cinnabar highlights in synaptic or other root apps, you can copy ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini to root's home after you set the theme with lxappearance.

As an aside, commands in the openbox autostart file shouldn't be backgrounded unless they need to be: test for this by running the command in a terminal, if the prompt is returned then do not add an ampersand — we noticed problems with race conditions in BunsenLabs if ampersands were added unnecessarily.

Nice tip. Thank you.

If you do get the native window manager menu on right-click, you need to run pcmanfm --display-pref to get the the desktop settings. (to change the wallpaper again after enabling the wm menu)

Thank you.

OMG, I've been using feh for years, and I just read the man page for the first time. I had no idea it could do so much.

ways to get the desktop background image in openbox

Some more alternatives:

hsetroot

Example usage:

hsetroot -cover /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background

feh

Once a background is set with feh a script is placed at ~/.fehbg and this can be run from the openbox autostart file so that the last chosen wallpaper is kept updated:

sh ~/.fehbg

And here's an automatic wallpaper changer using images in ~/Pictures/wallpapers:

while sleep 600; do feh --bg-scale --randomize ~/Pictures/wallpapers; done &

As an aside, commands in the openbox autostart file shouldn't be backgrounded unless they need to be: test for this by running the command in a terminal, if the prompt is returned then do not add an ampersand — we noticed problems with race conditions in BunsenLabs if ampersands were added unnecessarily.

For example, the nitrogen line does not need an ampersand at the end.

The command to allow PCManFM to set wallpapers and enable the use of desktop icons is:

pcmanfm --desktop

The native desktop menu of the window manager will be replaced with that provided by PCManFM. However, it can easily be restored from the PCManFM menu itself by selecting

Desktop preferences

and then enabling the

Right click shows WM menu

option in the Desktop tab.

Thanks, that works.

If you do get the native window manager menu on right-click, you need to run pcmanfm --display-pref to get the the desktop settings. (to change the wallpaper again after enabling the wm menu)

I checked pcmanfm, but I couldn't find a setting for the desktop background.

The command to allow PCManFM to set wallpapers and enable the use of desktop icons is:

pcmanfm --desktop

The native desktop menu of the window manager will be replaced with that provided by PCManFM. However, it can easily be restored from the PCManFM menu itself by selecting

Desktop preferences

and then enabling the

Right click shows WM menu

option in the Desktop tab.

1. spacefm - add the following line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart
spacefm --desktop &
To select a background, open spacefm and go to View, Preferences, then check the Wallpaper box and select an image. That image will come up as the background when you start openbox.

2. nitrogen - add the following line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart
nitrogen --set-scaled /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background

3. If you use lxdm, openbox will take the background and gtk theme set in /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
(Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

I checked pcmanfm, but I couldn't find a setting for the desktop background.

And here's the themerc

Can this be put together in an installable Devuan package please? I tried to figure out where to put the files from the zips, but the detail given in this thread is insufficient for me and my experience.

It will be eventually.  Problem is that I play with the crayons but am clueless about packaging.  I passed it on to someone maybe 2 months ago to do that but it fell into a big black hole.  I could help you find where to put things if you ping me on irc freenode sometime.

Here you go: https://dev1galaxy.org/files/cinnabar_lightDM.zip

BTW: after the latest Beowulf update mit lightdm login splash screen is displaying Debian 10! Would like to get rid of this.

Rolf

I like the Beowulf theme. Looks good enough for daily use to me

Thanks.