On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 08:10:33PM +0000, Frank Pittenger (fpitteng) wrote:
> I just installed fvwm 2.6.5 on a new machine.
>
> I do not have root or sudo privileges so could not install in the
> default location.
>
> I used: configure --prefix=/users/fpitteng/fvwm2
>
> I added /users/fpitteng/fvwm2/bin to my path.
>
> All went well and I am able to run fvwm.
>
> When I click the left mouse button I get the menu: Builtin Menu 1.
> XTerm 2. Setup Form 3. Setup 95 Script 4. Issue FVWM commands D.
> Desktop Menu R. Restart FVWM X. Exit FVWM
>
> The "Xterm", "Restart FVWM", "Exit FVWM" and most of the items under
> "Desktop Menu->Applications" work. But "Setup Form" and "Issue FVWM
> commands" don't seem to do anything.
See below.
> None of my windows have any icons to minimize, or maximize. I can't
> move, resize, raise or lower windows and my /users/fpitteng/.fvwm dir
> is empty.
That's right---no mouse bindings for those exist at this point.
> I thought I could get a basic config through the Builtin Menu, but am
> having no luck.
You can; see below.
> Any help is appreciated.
Your ModulePath isn't set appropriately, most likely not relative to
--prefix. Having said that, it seems to work OK for me.
What does:
fvwm-config -m
print out?
Indeed, do you have anything under that path?
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