Re: FVWM: Startup Problems

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_bae.bellcore.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 11:12:42 -0400

glstock_at_thematrix.ncsc.mil (Greg Stocksdale) writes:
> Hi,
>
> Well just installed fvwm2 (2.0.46). The make and install went great.
> Copied one of the samply fvwm2rc's to my home directory and did the
> normal startx. I got a grey blank screen and the only button I had
> was the exit button. Once I exited I noticed several error messages.
> Here is the ouput from one of the errors, which were all basically identical.
>
> [FVWM][executeModule]: <<ERROR>> No such module '(garbabe)' in ModulePath
> '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2'
>
> I had about 8 of these, and the modules are located in the
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2. I looked through the INSTALL and FAQ
> files plus tried to due a pull on the mail archives, but did not
> see anything close to this. Anyone able to point me in the right
> direction? Thanks in advance...

Hope so.

Anything fvwm2 finds in your .fvwm2rc that it doesn't understand it
tries to execute as a module.

Seems like your .fvwm2rc file has a line containing "garbabe"?

If not, its a common mistake to name the fvwm config file ".fvwmrc"
instead of ".fvwm2rc".

> Greg
> --

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