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Date:      Mon, 19 May 1997 11:04:21 -0700
From:      "Jeffrey J. Ayres" <JeffAyres@worldnet.att.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   fvwm startup
Message-ID:  <33809625.13B1@worldnet.att.net>

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Could someone please help me with this problem starting fvwm, it is a
repost of a previous question to which I haven't received a response.
 
 Because the second disk on the 2.1.5 FreeBSD was damaged CDROM
 replaced the
 disks with 2.2.1 FreeBSD.  The 2.1.5 version worked great, xdm and twm,
 no bugs.  However many programs were not available.  The following
 patches were necessary in order to start xdm and twm using version
2.1.5
 FreeBSD.
 In /etc/rc.local, the following was added:
 
         echo -n 'starting local daemons:'
 
         # put your local stuff here
 
         /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm && echo -n ' twm'
 
 The following .xsession file was added
 
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # .xinitrc - X Windows initialization file, FreeBSD/twm version.
 # Wes Peters; 05/25/95
 #
 # Run .profile to make sure we get the environment setup correctly.
 #
 . ~/.profile
 
 TZ=MST7MDT; export TZ
 
 #
 # Start clients - just a terminal window to start with.
 #
 xterm &
 
 #
 # Start a window manager - twm to start with.  This program becomes the
 # 'session manager', exit from it to logout from X.
 #
 twm
 
         Starting from a "clean" slice I wish to install fvwm95.
 Installation
 of the window manager program fvwm95 using the above commands is not
 working.  fvwm95 replaced twm whenever it appears.  The symptoms are
the
 xdm
 login screen appears allowing login.  Then a blank screen appears, no
 window, only the fvwm95 menu appears after clicking the right mouse
 button (default menu and exit buttons).
 
  The error message in the -xsession-errors file reads
       Fvwm-95: in function Read: <<error>>file ' .fvwm95rc' not found
in
  $HOME or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm95
       Fvwm-95:in function Read: trying to read system rc file
       Fvwm-95: in function Read:<<Error>> file 'system.fvwm95rc' not
  found in $HOME or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm95
 
 Both 'system.fvwm95rc' and '.fvwm95rc' are present in the $HOME
 directory.
 
 
        Also, there is recurring error message, ' XF86_SVGA pid ###
tried
 to
 use non present SYSVSHM '  the message is displayed whenever logging
 out.
 
         Could someone please help me to setup the fvwm95 correctly and
 remedy
 the XF86_SVGA error message?
 
                                                 Thanks,
                                                 Jeff Ayres




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