I found some software hidden in Ubuntu that configures screen pretty
nicely. If you are running Ubuntu 10.10, right click Applications,
Edit Menu, go to Accessories and Tick Byobu Window Manager. Once
you've got it running, F9 brings up the menu. I'm still looking
through the scripts to see where the terminal window is launched, so I
can get a wider default terminal to display all the info I've got it
configured to.
I've written three new posts up on my blog if anybodies interested.
http://linuxinnovations.blogspot.com
- --
Christopher Lemire <christopher.lemire@gmail.com>
Ubuntu 64 bit Linux Raid Level 0
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-11-2010, 11:23 PM
Mark
Byobu
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Lemire
<christopher.lemire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I found some software hidden in Ubuntu that configures screen pretty
> nicely. If you are running Ubuntu 10.10, right click Applications,
> Edit Menu, go to Accessories and Tick Byobu Window Manager. Once
> you've got it running, F9 brings up the menu. I'm still looking
> through the scripts to see where the terminal window is launched, so I
> can get a wider default terminal to display all the info I've got it
> configured to.
>
> I've written three new posts up on my blog if anybodies interested.
>
> http://linuxinnovations.blogspot.com
>
Impressive.
Of course, you can get the exact same effect without Byobu by just
adding your xterm launcher to the panel and adding --geometry=WWxHH to
the launcher properties command pane to suit your needs.
Or you can go in and edit your preferred applications so all xterm
windows come up in your favorite geometry. (Although I admit that I
can't remember off-hand how I did this, and the last time I looked I
couldn't find it, but it's not too hard to do.)
Personally, I took one look at Byobu and removed it from my menus - no
use for it.
Maybe I should be writing a blog about mundane things like this, too. :-)
Mark
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-12-2010, 01:31 AM
Christopher Lemire
Byobu
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Mark <mhullrich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Lemire
> <christopher.lemire@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I found some software hidden in Ubuntu that configures screen pretty
>> nicely. If you are running Ubuntu 10.10, right click Applications,
>> Edit Menu, go to Accessories and Tick Byobu Window Manager. Once
>> you've got it running, F9 brings up the menu. I'm still looking
>> through the scripts to see where the terminal window is launched, so I
>> can get a wider default terminal to display all the info I've got it
>> configured to.
>>
>> I've written three new posts up on my blog if anybodies interested.
>>
>> http://linuxinnovations.blogspot.com
>>
>
> Impressive.
The blog? You like it or Byobu? Other prob solved by changing my
profile preferences in gnome-terminal to use different width/height.
Now I'm seeing temperatures, uptime, ip, wifi signal strength, disk
and network i/o, 4 z shells (zsh) and 1 bash in a screen session my
friends can ssh and connect to.
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-12-2010, 05:37 AM
Mark
Byobu
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Christopher Lemire
<christopher.lemire@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Mark <mhullrich@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Lemire
>> <christopher.lemire@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I found some software hidden in Ubuntu that configures screen pretty
>>> nicely. If you are running Ubuntu 10.10, right click Applications,
>>> Edit Menu, go to Accessories and Tick Byobu Window Manager. Once
>>> you've got it running, F9 brings up the menu. I'm still looking
>>> through the scripts to see where the terminal window is launched, so I
>>> can get a wider default terminal to display all the info I've got it
>>> configured to.
>>>
>>> I've written three new posts up on my blog if anybodies interested.
>>>
>>> http://linuxinnovations.blogspot.com
>>>
>>
>> Impressive.
>
> The blog? You like it or Byobu? Other prob solved by changing my
> profile preferences in gnome-terminal to use different width/height.
>
I don't usually read computer blogs, and I already said I saw no use
for Byobu. I find most blogs to be fairly banal, usually giving
advice on how to use some glitzy feature of a shiny new toy where a
tiny bit of simple modification (say changing a launcher or setting an
already-available system preference) to do exactly the same thing is
not only simpler but more elegant. But that's just me.
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-12-2010, 01:19 PM
C de-Avillez
Byobu
On 11/11/2010 06:12 PM, Christopher Lemire wrote:
> I found some software hidden in Ubuntu that configures screen pretty
> nicely. If you are running Ubuntu 10.10, right click Applications,
> Edit Menu, go to Accessories and Tick Byobu Window Manager. Once
> you've got it running, F9 brings up the menu.
Yes, I like it (although I think only people that really work on the
command-line -- plus remote systems -- will appreciate it).
> I'm still looking
> through the scripts to see where the terminal window is launched, so I
> can get a wider default terminal to display all the info I've got it
> configured to.
It will inherit whatever setting the terminal emulator running it has.
It will also readjust on-the-fly if you resize the terminal window. For
example, On my panel I have both gnome-terminal and xfce4-terminal set
to be called with '--maximise'. For gnome-terminal this is:
gnome-terminal --maximize --command=byobu
So whenever I call it, g-t (and byobu) takes over all the workspace.
It comes specially handy when you are doing a long-term work (like
applying patches), and you lose the session to wherever you were SSH-ing
in to.
Frankly, I cannot see why it is not yet the default environment on an
Ubuntu server.
Cheers,
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-12-2010, 05:36 PM
Mark
Byobu
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:19 AM, C de-Avillez <hggdh2@ubuntu.com> wrote:
:
> Frankly, I cannot see why it is not yet the default environment on an
> Ubuntu server.
>
Probably because it is not an environment at all....
Possibly because you can accomplish everything that Byobu does without
using it at all....
I'm not saying it is useless or worthless or should be dropped or that
anyone shouldn't use it. It is useless and worthless to me, in fact I
uninstalled it for lack of finding it to have any use, and anyone who
digs into their UI past the surface can accomplish what Byobu does
without ever needing it.
Mark (not a fan)
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-13-2010, 02:41 AM
Christopher Lemire
Byobu
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Mark <mhullrich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:19 AM, C de-Avillez <hggdh2@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> :
>> Frankly, I cannot see why it is not yet the default environment on an
>> Ubuntu server.
>>
> Probably because it is not an environment at all....
>
> Possibly because you can accomplish everything that Byobu does without
> using it at all....
>
> I'm not saying it is useless or worthless or should be dropped or that
> anyone shouldn't use it. *It is useless and worthless to me, in fact I
> uninstalled it for lack of finding it to have any use, and anyone who
> digs into their UI past the surface can accomplish what Byobu does
> without ever needing it.
>
> Mark (not a fan)
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>
Mark, you really ought not to be using Linux. Go back to Windows!
--
Christopher Lemire <christopher.lemire@gmail.com>
Ubuntu 64 bit Linux Raid Level 0
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-13-2010, 02:58 AM
Mark
Byobu
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Christopher Lemire
<christopher.lemire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mark, you really ought not to be using Linux. Go back to Windows!
>
Back?
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-13-2010, 03:22 AM
Christopher Lemire
Byobu
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
@Mark
You don't seem to understand what GNU Screen is or Byobu. I encourage
you to read despite you're not wanting to. You don't necessarily need
to read at my blog.
@C de-Avillez
No, it isn't default, but you can easily change that. Now when I
switch to a virtual console and login, I'm brought a Bubyo/Screen.
When you have Byobu running, hit F9 for it's ncurses menu and scroll
down to
"Byobu currently launches at login (toggle off)"
Mine is already toggled on. Otherwise it would my option wouldn't say
"toggle off".
Though I am not sure this is a good idea because this may be doing the
same thing as creating a new screen session each time you login when
it would be better to have one session running and connect all
terminals to it. Then if you need more terminals to work with, hit
control and a then c. I'm new to this Byobu thing, but I've used GNU
Screen for quite a while. Thank you for reading my blog.
- --
Christopher Lemire <christopher.lemire@gmail.com>
Ubuntu 64 bit Linux Raid Level 0
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
11-13-2010, 03:55 AM
Mark
Byobu
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Christopher Lemire
<christopher.lemire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> @Mark
> You don't seem to understand what GNU Screen is or Byobu. I encourage
> you to read despite you're not wanting to. You don't necessarily need
> to read at my blog.
>
According to Synaptic, Byobu is a nice screen profile manager for
servers that don't have a GUI desktop.
Fine. At the risk of repeating myself yet again, *I* don't see a need
for it. Others may, and apparently you do. Since I don't run a
server on a regular basis, I expect that I won't see much use for it
on my personal, customized home desktop.
Perhaps I was a tad too critical of it, but I still ahve no use for
it. I will absent myself from such future discussions.
Good night.
--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
Byobu
