[ Adding this back to fvwm@ where your original reply should have gone. ]

2009/11/21 Leo Simon <[email protected]>:
> I'm calling fvwm from startx, which calls .xinit, which calls fvwm without
> arguments. My fvwm configuration is in the directory ~simon/.fvwm, which is
> attached as a zip file.

Well, other than that missing ~/.fvwm2rc or ~/.fvwm/config or
~/.fvwm/fvwm2rc or the actual file which *calls* the files you posted,
here's what's happening, and why.

I can't tell from looking at these files in which order they're read
in, but it doesn't take a genius to work out that if the "startup"
file read first (which I assume it is), and you have this in it:

DestroyModuleConfig FvwmTaskBar: *
*FvwmTaskBar: Geometry +0+0
*FvwmTaskBar: Rows 1

... which is correct.  "+0+0" is the top-left of the screen.

However, later on in the "modules" file, we also see this:

*FvwmTaskBar: Geometry +0-0
*FvwmTaskBar: Fore Black
*FvwmTaskBar: Back #c0c0c0

... fail.  "+0-0" is the *bottom left* of the screen --- and hence I
suspect that the definition in "modules" for your FvwmTaskBar config
is read *AFTER* the one in the "startup" file, clobbering the settings
you wanted.

So, the solution is simple.  Tidy your config up, it's a mess.

-- Thomas Adam

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