Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:51:54 -0700 From: "Jeffrey J. Ayres" <JeffAyres@worldnet.att.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: starting fvwm Message-ID: <337B5B4A.5781@worldnet.att.net>
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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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