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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news-xfer.cybernet.dk!news.onramp.net!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news-ana-24.sprintlink.net!news-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!pavanas From: pavanas@nomina.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FVWM, Elm, pop3, and lpd Date: 1 Jun 1997 23:45:53 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 75 Message-ID: <AFBD4DBC28BF6F1A.25DCDD6692AB7EED.1069D05918C9652A@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <slrn5p42do.5ra.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> References: <slrn5omclk.s0o.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> <167om5.nr3.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> Reply-To: pavanas@smalt.net NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42372 On Fri, 30 May 1997 22:50:25 -0500, Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> mused and hath written: >[ posted and mailed ] > >In article <slrn5omclk.s0o.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com>, >pavanas abludo incusus <pavanas@smalt.net> wrote: >> >>But there are a few loose ends. 1) Where can the needed information be >>located for having fvwm95rc actually start fvwm95 instead of fvwm? The >>FreeBSD book is informative but lacks a few little details. > >Fvwm95 is not started from the .fvwm95rc file. This file is read by >fvwm95 as it's starting up. > OK, so much for writing from memory. I have at the bottom of .xinitrc exec fvwm95 &. It will fire up but complains at shutown about various items: *FvwmTaskBar: cannot open xload: can't open kvm files ->line of non-keyborad charaters Fvwm-95: in function popup_func: <<ERROR>> No such menu StartMenu 4-26 -many times- Fvwm-95: in function stysup_func: <<ERROR>> No such menu Utilities -twice- Fvwm-95: in function popup_func: <<ERROR>> No such menu StartMenu 4-26 -many times- >If you're using startx, edit /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc, replacing >whatever window manager is currently being invoked with fvwm95. > OK, as above I have `exec fvwm95 &' , but no button bars appear. When you click `Start' nothing happens. >If you're running xdm, it will be in /usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. > Do not have that path. Have this path: /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm; /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm. I am beginning to think this is going to be like `why fortune did not work'. Upon comparing the live file system with what was actually installed by /stand/sysinstall I discovered that none of the binaries for BSD Games were installed. This is mystifying when /stand/sysinstall announced that they were successfully installed. As far I can be ascertained I did install many Xwindow programs. The Fvwm95 directory has binaries in it. I have also installed fvwm. When it is running the Modules does not lead anywhere. It seems to work better than fvwm95 but still not quite right. It generates no real compliants when shudown. What would be nice to know is how to get a few items beyond the basic stuff running. Would it be wise to copy a working .xinitrc and .fvwm95rc in Linux to FBSD? I did needed to copy a working XFConfig file (same video card, same monitor, same release of Xfree ) since the configuration process would not work in FBSD that worked in Linux on the same equipment. Thanks >-- >Conrad Sabatier >http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads > in the interest of not receiving spam if you can read a path you can figure out the address. -- IHS pavanas The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame of blame. Hobbs