> I'm using a Sparcstation 2 with Solaris 2.5 and OpenWindows 3.5 installed.
> Recently, I compiled fvwm-2.0.42 and installed it (I used gcc 2.7.2).
I have used this exact setup without problems....so...
> However, when I ran it (from my .xinitrc file), it started acting strangely.
[...]
> The problem is that, with the exception of surrounding borders and the
> title bar, no other decorations are being put on any windows. What's
> more, the mouse doesn't have any effect on the windows. Actually, this
> is slightly misleading - I can use any mouse support that the application
> has (such as cutting and pasting or xterm menus), but cannot use it
> to access any fvwm features such as window dragging and resizing or
> drop-down menus.
You are definately not getting the rc file read at all. If you compiled a
binary called fvwwm2, chances are it wants to find a config file ~/.fvwm2rc
not .fvwmrc... It is a compile time thing setup in Fvwm.tmpl...
> I'm using the sample fvwmrc file supplied with the package, twiddled
> somewhat for my site (the module, pixmap and bitmap paths are different).
And where did you put it? <grin>
> The first time I started fvwm2, I couldn't even exit X (I had no xterm up
> and no way to get one either) so I had to reboot...
If you are truly using fvwm2.0.42, there will be an exit menu bound to one
of the buttons when you click on the background defined by default. You
could have avoided this. (Now I tell you, right? :-)
> It seems to me that no functions are being executed (the InitFunction
> doesn't start either).
>
> Has anyone else happened across this problem? Anyone got a solution?
Yes, many a time, when I was compiling it for my other various accounts and
I forgot to put the rc file where it expects it to go...
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Received on Thu Jun 06 1996 - 02:17:23 BST