Charles Hines wrote...
> >>>>> "Matt" == Matt Hayne <matt_at_pulse.it.com.au> writes:
>
> Matt> Hi, sorry to bother everybody with stupid queries such as this,
> Matt> but I simply cannot get FVWM 2.0.42 to function properly.
>
> Do you have a ~/.fvwm2rc file? That seems to be a common mistake.
I stumbled over a different bug yesterday, which could be the reason for
the behavior described by Matt:
After doing "MakeMakefiles && make" on a plain vanilla fvwm-2.0.42, I
ended up with /usr/lib/X11/fvwm2 not being a directory, but a FILE!!!!
This resulted in all undecorated windows and no way to end fvwm.
Apparently, there's a "mkinstalldir" missing for the fvwm2 subdirectory,
and all the "install module/XXX/XXX /usr/lib/X11/fvwm2" commands override
the generated file instead of putting it into the subdirectory.
So have a look at this file/directory and if it's a file, remove it,
create an empty directory and re-"make install".
If this cured the problem, please re-report to the list; others may have
the same problem...
Martin
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BTW: fvwm is _supposed to_ have one little root menu in this case,
offering you a single "Builtin Menu" with a selection "Exit FVWM".
Unfortunately, this didn't work in my version (maybe because fvwm didn't
find the color slategrey; can someone check if this works? What does fvwm
show in absence of both $LIBDIR/system.fvwmrc and ~/.fvwm2rc?)
This is the startup code from fvwm.c:
/* read config file, set up menus, colors, fonts */
ExecuteFunction("HilightColor black grey",NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("XORValue 255",NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("MenuStyle black grey grey50 fixed fvwm",
NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("TitleStyle Centered Raised",NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("IconFont fixed", NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("WindowFont fixed", NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("Style \"*\" Color black/dimgrey, Title, RandomPlacement",
NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("Style \"*\" SmartPlacement", NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("AddToMenu builtin_menu \"Builtin Menu\" Title",
NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("+ \"Exit FVWM\" Quit",
NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
ExecuteFunction("Mouse 1 R N Popup builtin_menu", NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
DBUG("main","Running config_command...");
ExecuteFunction(config_command, NULL,&Event,C_ROOT,-1);
DBUG("main","Done running config_command");
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Received on Fri Apr 19 1996 - 09:23:13 BST