On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:24:33 +0000 Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having trouble getting fvwm (version 2.4.18) to run on my > Slackware 10.1 system. > > I am trying to migrate from xfce and I run the system on a remote > desktop using wdm. I have discovered how to get xfce to go away and > then the menu of window managers in wdm works so I can select KDE, > blackbox or WindowMaker all of which run successfully. > > From what I can see of the wdm Xclients file if I select 'failsafe' > from the wdm menu it should fall through to xvwm2, but it doesn't, > absolutely nothing happens and there's nothing in my .xsession-errors > file either. > > Help! > > If I run startx directly on the slackware system it still runs xfce > unfortunately so I can't get to fvwm that way. > > What's the simplest way to get fvwm2 running? Hi Chris :) The easiest way to get Fvwm2 to run from [g|k|w|x]dm is to create a ~/.xsession file as described by Thomas. Some distros need that file to be called ~/.Xsession instead so it might not work with ~/.xsession. If you want to start it by using startx then rename that file to ~/.xinitrc. Also, if you are looking for a good configuration of Fvwm2 you might want to check out Fvwm-Crystal at http://fvwm-crystal.berlios.de/ . I find it to be _very_ pleasing to the eye and the author is very helpful. You'd need to install at least fvwm-2.5.13 (the latest is 2.5.14). Hope you enjoy your FVWM experience :-) Best, Myles -- "We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads... So I'm not fat, I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold any more so it started filling up the rest of me." -- Garfield (No, not him... the CAT)
