Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:15:57 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, yoonokcha@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fvwm Manager Message-ID: <980822221557.ZM6229@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> "Re: Fvwm Manager" (Aug 22, 2:03pm) References: <35DF520F.4D5A@juno.com> <19980822140354.K924@notabene.zer0.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Aug 22, 2:03pm, Gregory Sutter wrote: > Subject: Re: Fvwm Manager > On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 04:19:43PM -0700, country kitten-680 n a nutshell wrote: > > i tried installing the fvwm-95 package off of the 2.2.5 cdrom using > > pkg_add, but after i rebooted the system and tried to run it, i could > > not find any files relating to fvwm-95 on my system. Next i tried to > > install fvwm-2.xxxx on the system using the -vM flags and pkg_add, and i > > still could not find the files which were supposedly added to the > > system... > > You don't need to reboot the system after such trivial changes. In fact, > you almost never need to reboot the system. Toss that Windows idea out > the... well, you know. > > The executables should be in /usr/X11R6/bin. Assorted support files may > be in /usr/X11R6/etc or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm95 or possibly > /usr/local/lib/X11/fvwm95 (depending on how that package was packaged). > > You'll want to add /usr/X11R6/bin to your search path, if it's not > already there. > > Good luck! > > Greg > -- > Gregory S. Sutter Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise. > mailto:gsutter@pobox.com > http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ > PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Gregory Sutter You will also have to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to start the window manager of choice. Frank -- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?980822221557.ZM6229>