Latest bump of fluxbox changed the default location of the keys file from [~/.fluxbox/keys] to somewhere in [/usr]. Kinda frustrating when your window manager stops responding to your shortcuts! Just update the [session.keyFile] entry in [~/.fluxbox/init] to the old location. aifol.

When I replaced my Mythtv backend/living-room-frontend, I couldn’t resist the dirt-cheap AMD/ATI HDMI motherboard/CPU combo. No regrets – it plays 1080p great – even though I have to deal with ATI rather than smooth-as-silk nVidia drivers. In setting up StepMania and MythTV (and etc.) to use OpenGL, I had a few hoops to jump through, including…

  • gentoo requires recompile of [ati-drivers] after kernel bumps
  • gentoo required VIDEO_CARDS in make.conf
  • [eselect opengl set ati]
  • to get fluxbox and opengl and ati playing well: [aticonfig –ovt opengl]
  • also see http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Fglrx

Upwards and onwards…