I got this reply from Louis, problem solved.
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:38:57 -0400
From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc_at_mirror-image.com>
To: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Subject: Re: FVWM: Trouble running Fvwm in OpenWindows!
Thanks for the tip! I got the message that libXpm.so.4.11 was not found, and
I realized that it was linking to /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4.11 rather than
/usr/lib/libXpm.so. Apparently I did a bad thing and removed the
(supposedly) older versions from everywhere, and only linked back into *.so.
Fixed. Now to start reading the config info!
Lou
Dan Espen wrote:
> Louis LeBlanc <leblanc_at_mirror-image.com> writes:
> > Hey, all. I have been trying to install FVWM on a Solaris 2.6 maching
> > running OpenWindows. So far I am having no luck.
> >
> > I set up my ~/.xinitrc as follows:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > stty erase
> > DISPLAY=:0.0
> > export DISLPAY
> > xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults
> > exec fvwm2
>
> Try this:
>
> exec fvwm2 2>/tmp/fvwm.out
>
> The fvwm.out file might contain an error message.
>
> > About as basic as it gets.
> > The .fvwm2rc file is the sample with the icon path and pixmap path
> > fixed. Nothing more.
> >
> > When the login screen comes up, I select OpenWindows from the Options
> > dropdown, and the screen comes up black, flashes white, and bonks back
> > to the login screen. Then I have to log in to CDE to fix it back. With
> > this .xinitrc, I do have twm running, but I want virtual desktops!
> >
> > I compiled fvwm with xpm support ( I had to build and install the xpm
> > libs myself from xpm-3.4k-solaris.tgz )
>
> If you didn't install this in /usr/lib you might have to add the "-R"
> option during the compile. See the INSTALL.fvwm file for more
> information.
>
> > I am not sure how to test the xpm libs, but that is the only thing I can
> > imagine would cause the problem.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Lou
>
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> Dan Espen
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Received on Thu Jul 13 2000 - 07:11:56 BST