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- Describe the problem as best you can:
This works (in .fvwm2rc):
*FvwmBackerDesk 0 xsetroot -solid violetred3
*FvwmBackerDesk 1 xearth -once -nice 20 -nolabel -nomarkers -gamma 2.1 -nostars -pos fixed,40.75,-73.98
*FvwmBackerDesk 2 xsetroot -solid purple
*FvwmBackerDesk 3 xv -root -rmode 1 -quit /u/ulmo/pictures/aol/raphael1.gif
This doesn't:
*FvwmBackerDesk 0 -solid violetred3
*FvwmBackerDesk 1 xearth -once -nice 20 -nolabel -nomarkers -gamma 2.1 -nostars -pos fixed,40.75,-73.98
*FvwmBackerDesk 2 -solid purple
*FvwmBackerDesk 3 xv -root -rmode 1 -quit /u/ulmo/pictures/aol/raphael1.gif
What this does is pick some odd color and use it for both desk 0 &
desk 2. It is consistent in which color it picks, but it's never what
I want.
- If applicable, include information from:
xwininfo
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ xwininfo
xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
would like information by clicking the
mouse in that window.
[I click on the ugly backround]
xwininfo: Window id: 0x25 (the root window) (has no name)
Absolute upper-left X: 0
Absolute upper-left Y: 0
Relative upper-left X: 0
Relative upper-left Y: 0
Width: 1024
Height: 768
Depth: 16
Visual Class: TrueColor
Border width: 0
Class: InputOutput
Colormap: 0x21 (installed)
Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity
Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Backing Store State: NotUseful
Save Under State: no
Map State: IsViewable
Override Redirect State: no
Corners: +0+0 -0+0 -0-0 +0-0
-geometry 1024x768+0+0
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$
xprop
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ xprop
[once again I click on ugly background]
CUT_BUFFER7(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER6(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER5(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER4(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER3(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER2(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER1(STRING) =
CUT_BUFFER0(STRING) = "Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ xprop\nCUT_BUFFER7(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER6(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER5(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER4(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER3(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER2(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER1(STRING) = \nCUT_BUFFER0(STRING) = \" Class: InputOutput\\n Colormap: 0x21 (installed)\\n Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity\\n Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity\\n Backing Store State: NotUseful\\n Save Under State: no\\n Map State: IsViewable\\n Override Redirect State: no\\n Corners: +0+0 -0+0 -0-0 +0-0\\n "
_MOTIF_DEFAULT_BINDINGS(STRING) = "osfCancel:<Key>Escape,<Key>Cancel\nosfLeft:<Key>Left\nosfUp:<Key>Up\nosfRight:<Key>Right\nosfDown:<Key>Down\nosfEndLine:<Key>End\nosfBeginLine:<Key>Home,<Key>Begin\nosfPageUp:<Key>Prior\nosfPageDown:<Key>Next\nosfBackSpace:<Key>BackSpace\nosfDelete:<Key>Delete\nosfInsert:<Key>Insert\nosfAddMode:Shift<Key>F8\nosfHelp:<Key>F1,<Key>Help\nosfMenu:Shift<Key>F10,<Key>Menu\nosfMenuBar:<Key>F10,Shift<Key>Menu\nosfSelect:<Key>Select\nosfActivate:<Key>KP_Enter,<Key>Execute\nosfClear:<Key>Clear\nosfUndo:<Key>Undo\nosfSwitchDirection:Alt<Key>Return,Alt<Key>KP_Enter"
XAUTOLOCK_SEMAPHORE_PID(INTEGER) = 53, 51, 0, 0
_MIT_PRIORITY_COLORS(CARDINAL) =
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$
FvwmIdent
This doesn't work for background (it works for xterm & xemacs)
xdpyinfo (maybe)
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ xdpyinfo
name of display: :0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number: 3120
maximum request size: 4194300 bytes
motion buffer size: 0
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order: LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 2
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 134
focus: window 0x80000d, revert to Parent
number of extensions: 10
BIG-REQUESTS
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
Multi-Buffering
SHAPE
SYNC
XC-MISC
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XTEST
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
screen #0:
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (347x260 millimeters)
resolution: 75x75 dots per inch
depths (1): 16
root window id: 0x25
depth of root window: 16 planes
number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1
default colormap: 0x21
default number of colormap cells: 64
preallocated pixels: black 0, white 65535
options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES
largest cursor: 64x64
current input event mask: 0x58003d
KeyPressMask ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask
EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask SubstructureNotifyMask
SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask
number of visuals: 1
default visual id: 0x20
visual:
visual id: 0x20
class: TrueColor
depth: 16 planes
available colormap entries: 64 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xf800, 0x7e0, 0x1f
significant bits in color specification: 6 bits
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$
Argg why can't I have 24 bits??
- What OS & version you are running under
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ uname -a
Linux Q.Net 2.0.17 #91 Mon Sep 2 13:07:51 EDT 1996 i586
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$
- What version of X11 are you running under
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ X -showconfig
XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
mmio_928, s3_generic
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$
- What exact version of FVWM you are running
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$ fvwm2 -version
[FVWM][main]: Fvwm Version 2.0.43 compiled on Sep 5 1996 at 00:55:59
[FVWM][CatchRedirectError]: <<ERROR>> another WM is running
Q:~/sys/fvwm2_2.0.43-BETA$
- How was FVWM compiled (compiler & version, options, etc)
from Makefile:
CDEBUGFLAGS = -O6 -g -m486 -pipe -Wall
This is the Debian GNU prepackged source file.
Had same problem with 2.0.42 Beta that I got source to myself.
Extra comment:
The priority of this is kinda low, I admit.
Extra Ideas:
Hey, here's an idea for FvwmBackerDesk:
to cache the root background for each desk so the command
doesn't have to be run each time. And then specify an update
interval.
(Like xearth needs updating every so often since it shows the sun's
current position, but xv only shows this one boy that doesn't change
much; perhaps I should make it fetch other boys -- now that's an idea)
Addendum:
If you care, my titles for the desks are:
0-System (so the red means problem as if in Star Trek or something);
1-Research (like WWW stuff -- thus the earth picture); 2-Applications
(so it gets the most soothing color); 3-Play (so that's where the boy
comes in)
Excuse:
I searched the entire archives (transfering 9MB of uncompressed files
seemed silly and took a while on my ISP's T1s), and all I found is
others with the same problem, no real solutions, unless the solution
people didn't include the string backer in their reply (how can I
thread those? Oh yeah ... nn) Ok ... and I also realized that I could
try the dynamic FvwmBackerDesk stuff that people have posted but I
don't really need that ...
Bradley Allen <Ulmo_at_Q.Net>
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Received on Thu Sep 05 1996 - 02:42:17 BST