Re:FVWM: FvwmCommandS still won't load

From: Toshi Isogai <isogat_at_ecae.stortek.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:08:52 -0700 (MST)

Zack Brown writes:
> Hi,
>
> I got the latest 2.1.5 version from the official web site, compiled it and
> did a make install in the fvwm2.1.5/ directory, the fvwm2.1.5/modules, and
> the fvwm2.1.5/extras directories.
>
> No matter what I do, FvwmCommandS still won't load. I've tried putting it in
> the ~/.fvwm2rc file, loading it from FvwmTalk, and FvwmConsole.
>
> Redirecting the output of fvwm2 only says "FvwmCommandS: dead pipe"
>

This usually happens when another FvwmCommandS is already running with
same fifos you just tried to run.
Then, it should take FvwmCommand...

Can you confirm that you don't have stray FvwmCommandS by 'ps -ax' or
something like that? It doesn't make much sense but...

> I'm using vanilla Debian slink, with no fvwm* packages installed.
>

I haven't tried neither fvwm2.1.X nor slink. Anybody?

> Zack
>
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