Toshi Isogai <isogat_at_ecae.stortek.com> writes:
> Zack Brown writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I got the latest 2.1.5 version from the official web site, compiled it and
> > did a make install in the fvwm2.1.5/ directory, the fvwm2.1.5/modules, and
> > the fvwm2.1.5/extras directories.
> >
> > No matter what I do, FvwmCommandS still won't load. I've tried putting it
> in
> > the ~/.fvwm2rc file, loading it from FvwmTalk, and FvwmConsole.
> >
> > Redirecting the output of fvwm2 only says "FvwmCommandS: dead pipe"
>
> This usually happens when another FvwmCommandS is already running with
> same fifos you just tried to run.
> Then, it should take FvwmCommand...
>
> Can you confirm that you don't have stray FvwmCommandS by 'ps -ax' or
> something like that? It doesn't make much sense but...
>
> > I'm using vanilla Debian slink, with no fvwm* packages installed.
>
> I haven't tried neither fvwm2.1.X nor slink. Anybody?
I can confirm that starting a second "FvwmCommandS" under 2.1.7
produces the "dead pipe" message. (Of course, I don't consider this
to be a bug, only one copy should be needed.) All we need now is for
Zack to confirm that this is what was happening...
> > Zack
> > --
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> Toshi Isogai toshi_isogai_at_stortek.com
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Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 12:07:44 GMT