FVWM: fvwm on suse 11.3
I've just switched on a new machine with suse 11.3. Apparently it has bundled fvwm 2.5.26. I'm getting some errors using my old .fvwm2rc (happily running on suse 9.2 with fvwm 2.5.10). E.g. no pager, no desktops etc. I suspect some paths have changed. Before I look into it directly, I created a fresh dummy user, and started a fvwm session from scratch. That comes out with some default theme, but does not create any .fvwm2rc (or config, as I realize it should now be called based on the man page). So I suspect it uses some system default. It would be a good idea for me to look at that to merge in useful stuff. But where is it based ? The man page mentions 2+5 possible locations, in ~, /usr/local/share and /etc. None of which exists. I have however found one in /etc/X11/fvwn2/system.fvwmrc (which is even signed Thomas Adams). Is it the correct one to look at ? Thanks -- Lucio Chiappetti - INAF/IASF - via Bassini 15 - I-20133 Milano (Italy) Italian Research at risk.La Ricerca italiana a rischio ! see http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/WWW/Opinions/nobrain.html cfr.
Re: FVWM: fvwm on suse 11.3
Lucio Chiappetti lu...@lambrate.inaf.it writes: I've just switched on a new machine with suse 11.3. Apparently it has bundled fvwm 2.5.26. I'm getting some errors using my old .fvwm2rc (happily running on suse 9.2 with fvwm 2.5.10). E.g. no pager, no desktops etc. I suspect some paths have changed. First thing to check, make sure you are NOT setting ModulePath in your config file. Before I look into it directly, I created a fresh dummy user, and started a fvwm session from scratch. That comes out with some default theme, but does not create any .fvwm2rc (or config, as I realize it should now be called based on the man page). So I suspect it uses some system default. It uses the built in default, which is not much, but you should be able to press F1, get a menu and create a config from there. If you liked what you had in your previous config file, it should not be that hard to correct any problems you have in there and continue using it.
Re: FVWM: fvwm on suse 11.3
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 02:31:16PM +0100, Lucio Chiappetti wrote: I've just switched on a new machine with suse 11.3. Apparently it has bundled fvwm 2.5.26. I'm getting some errors using my old .fvwm2rc (happily running on suse 9.2 with fvwm 2.5.10). E.g. no pager, no desktops etc. I suspect some paths have changed. I'd need to see this. Before I look into it directly, I created a fresh dummy user, and started a fvwm session from scratch. That comes out with some default theme, but does not create any .fvwm2rc (or config, as I realize it should now be called based on the man page). So I suspect it uses some system default. So it will be trying to look for the config files under INITIALIZATION (see man fvwm), else it will default to using FVWM's in-built menu functionality providing the means to generate a per-user config. It would be a good idea for me to look at that to merge in useful stuff. But where is it based ? I suspect the /etc/X11/fvwm2/ directory was once a symlink to somewhere more meaningful to FVWM, although I couldn't say I don't use SuSE anymore, and have not done so for a good fourteen years or so. The man page mentions 2+5 possible locations, in ~, /usr/local/share and /etc. None of which exists. I have however found one in /etc/X11/fvwn2/system.fvwmrc (which is even signed Thomas Adams). Yes, I remember updating it. I suspect there's two things going on here: * Almost certainly deprecated options. * The shipped file being in the wrong location on disk. If you send me the system.fvwmrc file anyway (the one which has my name on it), I'll happily convert it over to use 2.5.26+ syntax. I suspect there won't be many changes. Then we can sort out where on disk it should go. -- Thomas Adam
