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geekmaster · 12-20-2011, 02:36 AM

This is good stuff. Getting away from console command line apps will be a big plus for many people.

That extended mount could hold a few X apps which could be launched from this menu system, and no SSH needed to use them. Now we just need to get X apps to update the framebuffer. xdaliclock and xeyes seem to run okay using built-in X display :0.0, but nothing ends up on the display. xcalc complains about being unable to load a usable font though, and xconsole complains about "Input Method Open Failed".

12-20-2011, 02:36 AM	#2
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773668 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	This is good stuff. Getting away from console command line apps will be a big plus for many people. That extended mount could hold a few X apps which could be launched from this menu system, and no SSH needed to use them. Now we just need to get X apps to update the framebuffer. xdaliclock and xeyes seem to run okay using built-in X display :0.0, but nothing ends up on the display. xcalc complains about being unable to load a usable font though, and xconsole complains about "Input Method Open Failed". Last edited by geekmaster; 12-20-2011 at 03:28 AM.