Re: FVWM: ModulePath Problem

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:47:34 -0400

Dick_Wiley_at_compusa.com writes:
>
>
> I am having a problem getting modules to load properly using fvwm2 v2.2.4. T
> his
> may be related to how fvwm2 was installed.
>
> fvwm2 is in /usr/local/bin and the modules are in /usr/local/fvwm-2.2.4/modul
> es.
> However, each module is in its own directory, e.g. FvwmPager is in
> /usr/local/fvwm-2.2.4/modules/FvwmPager. The ModulePath in .fvwm2rc is
> /usr/local/fvwm-2.2.4/modules. When I start fvwm2 it gives a "cannot execute
> "
> error for each module. If I change ModulePath to
> /usr/local/fvwm-2.2.4/modules/FvwmPager:/usr/local/fvwm-2.2.4/modules/FvwmAut
> o
> then it works. If this is correct, it is a change from 2.0.46, which we were
> using.
>
> I suspect that something went awry in installation, but don't know what. I
> would have expected the module executables to have been moved from the
> module-name directories to ../modules, but that apparently didn't happen.

You are looking at the modules in the directories they are built in.
Do a "make install" and look at the output for any one of the modules
to see which directory they get installed in. The all get installed in
one directory.

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