On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Paul Berry wrote:
> Hello:
> I'm new to this mailing list and I'm hoping this is where I go to help
> resolve this problem that I have.
> My system: RedHat 7.0 running on a 486 w/32MB RAM using the stock .fvwm2rc
> file located in my home directory. My .xinitrc file simply says:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> exec fvwm2
>
> Fvwm2 starts up fine (and it is great for the old, limited RAM system that I
> have), what happens is that when I right click the mouse and get the menu
> window, the Programs entry is empty. Normaly there would be programs like
> gnotepad+ and subdirectories like multimedia or internet but instead it is
> empty. When I tried gnome as the desktop/ window manager et al, all the
> Program entries are there so they are not absent from my system it is just
> that I/ the configuration file doesn't know where they are.
>
> The part of .fvwm2 that is giving me the problem is this one:
>
> AddToMenu Red_Hat_Linux "Programs" Title
> PipeRead "wmconfig --output fvwm2"
>
> I get an error message (not literal but close)- sh: cannot find wmconfig
> on the terminal screen that I started X windows with.
>
> Any ideas? Thank you for your time.
Running
$ which wmconfig
on my RH 7.2 system gives:
/usr/X11R6/bin/wmconfig
So perhaps this is not in your PATH when .xinitrc is running. Are you sure
.xinitrc is run?
>
> Sincerely,
> Paul
>
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Received on Sat Feb 09 2002 - 19:34:48 GMT