Re: FVWM: problem installing fvwm

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:36:23 +0000

On 11 Apr 2003 09:42:02 -0400, Ayan Mahalanobis wrote:
>
> Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
>
> >I don't know why it does not work for you.
> >
> >The following should work.
> >
> >Change /etc/inittab to include:
> >
> > id:3:initdefault:
> >
> >Then reboot, login into a virtual terminal and start X yourself using
> >startx or xinit command. This will surely call your ~/.xinitrc. There
> >will be no chance GNOME is started unless you do this in your ~/.xinitrc.
> >
> >Of course there are other ways to achieve this, even in init level 5.
> >
> >
> I did all you said and reached fvwm2. It was the usual default, with
> fvwmpager, clock, xbiff etc on the lower right hand corner. But then if
> I click the mouse left or right I get no menue, there is a small window
> coming but nothing written in it. Is it some problem with fonts? I had
> the same problem with redhat 8.0 using Xwin32.

We may only support our rpms, not the ones packaged by RedHat 7.3.
You may ask RedHat for a support.

You may also install the rpms from http://fvwm-themes.sf.net/rpm/ .
If you are new to FVWM and do not have any good .fvwm2rc, install
fvwm-themes too and start fvwm-themes-start instead of fvwm.

If you have problems with fonts in your other applications, try to
change your locale, for example change /etc/sysconfig/i18n to contain
LANG="en_US". If you have problems in fonts used by FVWM, try to install
2.5.x instead of 2.4.x.

In any case, always visit your console where you get the X output and
copy all releant error messages that you see when reporting problems.
And report the version you have by running "fvwm-config --version".
Do not yield.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Fri Apr 11 2003 - 11:38:23 BST

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