Re: Fw: Re: FVWM: Beginners how to
On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:21:20PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:10:18PM +0100, Chris G wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:47:19PM +0200, Jes?s Guerrero wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:41:56 +0200 Jes?s Guerrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: exec $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY Ok, forget my comment about that exec line. It is a redirector. I didn't even read it, it was my fault. Still, the rest of things I said are valid. Your xinitrc is strange. Not to mention that if the system is set to run at run level 5 (which tends to be the default nowadays) it won't even look at .initrc. Umm, this depends entirely on the distribution. Debian, for instance doesn't distinguish between what's started in runlevels 2-5 inclusive, they're essentially all the same. OK, it's the scripts 'underneath' xdm/kdm/wdm/gdm. The distributions I have played with have all ignored the .xinitrc when at run level 5. Whatever, depending on distribution, there's a fair chance that .xinitrc isn't being looked at. -- Chris Green
Re: Fw: Re: FVWM: Beginners how to
On 02/10/2007, Chris G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:21:20PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:10:18PM +0100, Chris G wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:47:19PM +0200, Jes?s Guerrero wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:41:56 +0200 Jes?s Guerrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: exec $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY Ok, forget my comment about that exec line. It is a redirector. I didn't even read it, it was my fault. Still, the rest of things I said are valid. Your xinitrc is strange. Not to mention that if the system is set to run at run level 5 (which tends to be the default nowadays) it won't even look at .initrc. Umm, this depends entirely on the distribution. Debian, for instance doesn't distinguish between what's started in runlevels 2-5 inclusive, they're essentially all the same. OK, it's the scripts 'underneath' xdm/kdm/wdm/gdm. The distributions I have played with have all ignored the .xinitrc when at run level 5. Whatever, depending on distribution, there's a fair chance that .xinitrc isn't being looked at. http://fvwmwiki.bu-web.de/HashFvwmIrcFaq?highlight=%28CategoryIRC%29#head-5fd61e65135d57c37be671b7cf0970711e6cb591 -- Thomas Adam
Re: Fw: Re: FVWM: Beginners how to
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Chris G wrote: Whatever, depending on distribution, there's a fair chance that .xinitrc isn't being looked at. Sorry, I've not archived the beginning of the thread, but if I remember correctly the original poster was asking something about using fvwm remotely under VNC. That's nothing to do with .xinitrc or alike. All what you have to do is to provide in the directory ~/.vnc a file called xstartup. A minimal version of such file could just be #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid blue fvwm and then do all your desktop configuration in ~/.fvwm/.fvwmrc I arranged this for a retired colleague which uses VNC from a remote site to have a desktop running here so that he can read journals from our server. If one wishes one can put other applications in xstartup, but I find easier and more elegant to let fvwm do it itself. -- --- Lucio Chiappetti - INAF/IASF - via Bassini 15 - I-20133 Milano (Italy) For more info : http://www.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/personal.html --- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ http://arc.pasp.de/
Re: FVWM: Adding a screen w feature
On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 01:39:12PM -0700, Gautam Iyer wrote: I was wondering if it would be possible to add a screen w feature to the Xinearama support. Quite often, I decide I want to move the current window to the center of the screen (or just place it again using MinOverlap... features). Unfortunately when fvwm does this it always does this according to a global screen number, or the current screen (i.e. screen containing the mouse pointer). It would be nice if Fvwm could do this based on the screen the window is currently in! Thus my suggestion of screen w to move arguments. Any chance of this happening? Actually, that should have worked out of the box but didn't. I have fixed it in CVS. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: FVWM: Beginners how to
Am 2007-10-01 11:39:49, schrieb Billy N. Patton: I've searched the FAQ and cannot find what I'm loking for. I run fvwm2 in my vnc connection just fine. When I come to work and set at my desk my Linux box is running kde. here is my .xinitrc This doesn't start fvwm. #!/bin/sh exec $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY 21 if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ] then . $HOME/.bashrc fi #xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults # Load X11 resource database #exec $HOME/local/kde1.1/bin/startkde #exec /usr/bin/startkde #exec /home/cjitlal/bin/startkde3.1.1 #xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 /usr/local/bin/icewm - END OF REPLIED MESSAGE - Normaly if you try to start icewm But anyway, why do you execute your $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY? They sould be sourced if called from a shell script. And ofcourse, $HOME/.bashrc should be sourced before the xsession file. And at all, all exec are not needed in the shell script. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Tamay Dogan Network -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/6192519367100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) signature.pgp Description: Digital signature
Re: FVWM: Beginners how to
Hi, Am Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:28:49 +0200 schrieb Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am 2007-10-01 11:39:49, schrieb Billy N. Patton: #!/bin/sh exec $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY 21 But anyway, why do you execute your $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY? They sould be sourced if called from a shell script. exec with redirect and no other command redirects all further output of the script - often handy for logging and stuff like this - so $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY is his logfile... And at all, all exec are not needed in the shell script. uhm, not sure - but you can save some processes if your script starts a long running process as last command - like .xsession and the windowmanager. Without an exec your bash .xsession appears also in the processlist... Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Tamay Dogan Network Regards, Matthias
Re: FVWM: Adding a screen w feature
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 01:17:31PM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: I was wondering if it would be possible to add a screen w feature to the Xinearama support. Quite often, I decide I want to move the current window to the center of the screen (or just place it again using MinOverlap... features). Unfortunately when fvwm does this it always does this according to a global screen number, or the current screen (i.e. screen containing the mouse pointer). It would be nice if Fvwm could do this based on the screen the window is currently in! Thus my suggestion of screen w to move arguments. Any chance of this happening? Actually, that should have worked out of the box but didn't. I have fixed it in CVS. Hmm. Don't follow: You mean in CVS Move screen c 50-50w 50-50w will move the window to the center of the screen it is in (regardless of the screen the pointer is in, or the primary screen number etc). Thanks GI PS: Also perhaps useful would be to expand the $[screen] variable in window context. Or add a $[w.screen] variable if the above might cause confusion. -- 'Programmer' -- Someone who fixes a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.
Re: FVWM: Beginners how to
On Monday 01 October 2007 09:39, Billy N. Patton wrote: I've searched the FAQ and cannot find what I'm loking for. I run fvwm2 in my vnc connection just fine. When I come to work and set at my desk my Linux box is running kde. here is my .xinitrc This doesn't start fvwm. #!/bin/sh exec $HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY 21 if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ] then . $HOME/.bashrc fi #xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults # Load X11 resource database #exec $HOME/local/kde1.1/bin/startkde #exec /usr/bin/startkde #exec /home/cjitlal/bin/startkde3.1.1 #xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 /usr/local/bin/icewm This is for tightvnc: On the host, go to ~/.vnc and find xstartup Mine looks like this: #!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey fvwm2 -- If you don't want your dog to have bad breath, do what I do: Pour a little Lavoris in the toilet. -- Jay Leno
