McIntosh Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi... > > I just tried logging in there and did Ctrl-Alt-Escape once the it had hung > and nothing happened. I'm not sure what this key combination was intended > to do, but it had not effect. > > By chance, I have found something that does let me log in cleanly every > time. Bizarrely, and for no reason that I can think of, changing the window > manager startup timeout has an effect. If I reduce the > Dtsession*waitWmTimeout in my .Xdefaults from 2 seconds to 1 second, the > login works every time. Apparently when the Window Manager starts up almost > immediately it doesn't encounter the error. > > I can't explain why this fixes the problem. If anyone has an ideas, please > let me know.
Hmm, I should have connected Solaris 9 and CDE, but on the Solaris systems I've used, I disable the CDE login manager. The FAQ doesn't include your symptom, but question 2.2 does discuss starting Fvwm with CDE. > Cheers, > Donald. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Espen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:07 PM > To: McIntosh Donald > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: FVWM: new install on Solaris 9 > > > McIntosh Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi... > > > > I've just installed fvwm 2.4.11 on Solaris 9. It compiled and installed > > without any problems. > > > > The problem I am having is that during login, it seems to have a problem > > processing the .fvwm2rc file. It gets so far and then my machine "beeps" > > and I'm left with only the config it's processed up until that point > > (normally just my mouse menus). I then do a restart of fvwm and it all > > comes up, including my FvwmButtons. I've tried it with the sample > .fvwm2rc > > files and I still get the same thing, so it's not just my .fvwm2rc file. > > > > Does anyone know why fvwm2 "hangs" half way through startup and then works > > perfectly after a restart? > > Hi. > > I've been thinking about this one, and I just saw your newsgroup > post, so I figure you're getting anxious. > > Does Ctrl-Alt-Escape help? > > -- > Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
