Gianni, Cool this works. I have two fvwm-crystal.apps. One was under /usr/bin, when I patched that one it did not work. I patched /usr/local/bin/fvwm-crystal.apps and that one worked.
Thanks, Fernando On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Gianni Ceccarelli <dak...@thenautilus.net>wrote: > On 2009-10-08 Fernando Dal Moro <fdalm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sven, I'm not a developer just a user but I'm having this problem in > > Ubuntu. Is there a temporary work around for this? If so please > > explain in plain terms since I am not a developer. > > 1) download this file (yes, it's for a different Linux distribution, > but it will work) and save it as ``/tmp/fvwm-crystal.apps.patch``:: > > > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/x11-themes/fvwm-crystal/files/fvwm-crystal.apps.patch?rev=1.1 > > 2) get a command prompt ("terminal") > > 3) find where the ``fvwm-crystal.apps`` program is in your > system. It's probably at ``/usr/bin/fvwm-crystal.apps``; if > executing:: > > ls -l /usr/bin/fvwm-crystal.apps > > gives no errors and lists a file, you're set; otherwise write:: > > locate fvwm-crystal.apps > > it should print very few lines; there should only be one line > containing ``/bin/`` and ending with ``fvwm-crystal.apps``; that > line tells you where the file is. > > 4) now that you know where the file is, write:: > > cd $where_the_file_is > sudo patch -p1 < /tmp/fvwm-crystal.apps.patch > > replacing ``$where_the_file_is`` with the directory where the > ``fvwm-crystal.apps`` file is (``/usr/bin/`` in the simple case > above); you'll be asked for your password, and then the file will > be modified to no longer throw the error. > > -- > Dakkar - <Mobilis in mobile> > GPG public key fingerprint = A071 E618 DD2C 5901 9574 > 6FE2 40EA 9883 7519 3F88 > key id = 0x75193F88 > > It's more than magnificent -- it's mediocre. > -- Sam Goldwyn > > _______________________________________________ > fvwm-crystal-users mailing list > fvwm-crystal-users@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/fvwm-crystal-users > >
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