I'm trying to configure fvwm (2.5.10 unde SuSE Linux) with two desktops.
Desktop 0 should be the main (local) work desktop, desktop 1 should host
some permanent "outer world" applications started at login, like e.g. a
VNC viewer to connect to another machine, or a web browser.
I've chosen Mozilla Firefox as web browser because of its lightness.
However I'm unable to convince it to start in the designated desktop and
page (I'm also unable to convince it to start with the window geometry I
want, it looks like it ignores any standard X style resource specification
on the command line ... and also those regarding initial desktop
location).
This is an extract from my .fvwm2rc. The part on the VNC viewer works, the
part on firefox does not.
AddToFunc InitFunction
...
+ "I" Exec exec vncviewer -name OldPoseidonVNC -passwd myfile myhost:1
+ "I" Exec firefox
http://myhomepage
I tried (for firefox) also "Exec exec" or a -name directive, but with no
avail.
Style OldPoseidonVNC StartsOnPage 1 1 0, SkipMapping
Style firefox Page 1 0 0, SkipMapping, NoPPosition
The style for the specific VNC viewer works nicely, but the one for
firefox does not (I tried also without NoPPosition, with a -name matching
the one in InitFunction, with a name of firefox or firefox-bin ... but all
with no avail. Firefox insists in starting in desktop 0.
I also noticed that firefox creates a bunch of .gnome related directories.
Is there any known incompatibility between firefox and fvwm, or, better,
any known trick to start firefox under fvwm in a given desktop ?
Thanks in advance
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Received on Tue Mar 29 2005 - 03:15:03 BST