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Date:      Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:36:13 -0500
From:      Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com>
To:        ivan.roth@free.fr
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble installing fvwm2
Message-ID:  <1132760173.1255.10.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20051123160347.l716aoloiqo0800c@imp4.free.fr>
References:  <20051123160347.l716aoloiqo0800c@imp4.free.fr>

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On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 16:03 +0100, ivan.roth@free.fr wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just compiled/installed fvwm2 from ports on my 6.0. But I don't know how to
> run it.
> 
> I have gdm launching gnome 2.12 by default and fvwm2 does not appear in the list
> in gdm.
> 
> I am such a newbie, that I can't imagine you don't know what's wrong :)
> 
> Thanks by advance.
> 
> Regards, Ivan.
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FVWM2 is a different window manager, and can't, to the best of my
knowledge, be run from GDM, or from KDM for that matter.

The easy way to try it is to kill gdm, or stop it from starting up at
boot time, and then create a file called '.xinitrc' in your home
directory.  It should contain one line 'exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2'.
Then run "startx" from your home directory.






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