Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:57:54 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble installing fvwm2 Message-ID: <20051123155754.GC10608@keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <1132760173.1255.10.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> References: <20051123160347.l716aoloiqo0800c@imp4.free.fr> <1132760173.1255.10.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca>
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--pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/23/05 10:36 AM, Mike Jeays sat at the `puter and typed: > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 16:03 +0100, ivan.roth@free.fr wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > I just compiled/installed fvwm2 from ports on my 6.0. But I don't know = how to > > run it. > >=20 > > I have gdm launching gnome 2.12 by default and fvwm2 does not appear in= the list > > in gdm. > >=20 > > I am such a newbie, that I can't imagine you don't know what's wrong :) > >=20 > > Thanks by advance. > >=20 > > Regards, Ivan. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= =2Eorg" >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. No Mike, this isn't true. I just switched to kdm so I could play with KDE, but I still have the option (and am currently using it) of using my old Fvwm2 config. You CAN also run Fvwm from gdm. It should be noted that gdm is NOT a window manager, but a display manager, as is kdm and xdm. They launch window managers for you. Kdm and gdm are just designed to cater to their respective session managers (which is also different than the window managers). Gdm gives you the option of using several window managers (like IceWM, enlightenment, etc) on top of the session manager. Fvwm CAN run with the gnome session manager (and at one time could easily be built with the gnome session manager support build it IIRC). It's been a long time since I even had gdm installed, much less run Fvwm off it, but I know for a fact it can be done. You just have to read the docs to see how to specify your window manager. It may even be possible to swith to Fvwm on the fly through the default WM menus. Ivan, I do know that with kdm, I had to link my ~/.fvwm/fvwm2rc file to ~/.fvwm2rc in order to have it recognized when starting from kdm. Starting it from xdm didn't seem to require that, but for whatever reason, kdm did. Perhaps this might be useful when setting up the ~/.xsession as suggested by Mike? Fvwm2 has a -f parameter that lets you specify the config file explicitly, but remember that any files you read from there should include fully resolvable paths. Good luck, and sorry I couldn't provide more detailed help on this. Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint =3D C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 To live is always desirable. -- Eleen the Capellan, "Friday's Child", stardate 3498.9 --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDhJGCr4Wi/oDI2aIRAqiKAJ9Dmg6bzrlR1zw9rpslt4P7V/lmvACggXLQ v0UbdhELzJ8pYxZ7KSmucyE= =iOD9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt--
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