Re: FVWM: If I enable Desktop Effects fvwm2 crashes
Yes, sorry, I should have said, the 'Desktop Effects' is accessed from gnome-panel. However I don't really see why fvwm should stop it working. Just about every other thing that I can access from gnome-panel works perfectly. fvwm2 is supposed to be gnome friendly. From your logs it apears that the conflict is with FvwmPager. You could try to disable FvwmPager for the time you need to turn on the desktop effects. jaimos
FVWM: Are there any Window Decoration themes that are similar to the Gnome default?
Are there any fvwm2 Window Decoration themes that look vaguely like the Gnome default window decorations? I.e. something fairly minimal with rounded top corners? -- Chris Green
Re: FVWM: If I enable Desktop Effects fvwm2 crashes
Chris G [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Chris G wrote: I don't want it to change fvwm, I just want it not to crash! Well, if it crashes, does it leave a core file or print any error output? THe snippet you posted earlier is not from fvwm itself. When I click on Enable in Desktop Effects my whole desktop just goes pop and I get returned to the GDM login screen. Hence no error messages, as I'm running in init level 5 I don't think fvmw2 has a tty to write to when it dies. That Enable Desktop Effects button is set up to replace the running window manager but it doesn't seem to actually start a full window manager. In my setup, when Fvwm stops I get a prompt asking me what window manager I want to run. So when I click on that button, fvwm stops running and I see the prompt. But there is no apparent window manager. When I answer the prompt I have to type in fvwm2 -replace. fvwm by itself won't work. So, it seems that button: kills the running window manager Puts something in its place that isn't useful. Fvwm is not crashing, it's just stopping as requested.
FVWM: Really simple (isn't it?) question - how to change colours?
I thought this should be really simple but reading the fvwm2 man page hasn't really told me how to do it. How do I change colours in fvwm2? I only actually want to change the colours of borders and title bars to get a 'flatter' look than the default with a colour rather than grey. Presumably (but it's not really very clear, not to me anyway) there is a default colorset defined for the default theme, is this correct and, if so, is it colorset 0? Is all I need to do to change colorset 0? Or does the default use more than one colorset, if so are they documented anywhere? -- Chris Green
Re: FVWM: If I enable Desktop Effects fvwm2 crashes
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:47:51AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: Chris G [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Chris G wrote: I don't want it to change fvwm, I just want it not to crash! Well, if it crashes, does it leave a core file or print any error output? THe snippet you posted earlier is not from fvwm itself. When I click on Enable in Desktop Effects my whole desktop just goes pop and I get returned to the GDM login screen. Hence no error messages, as I'm running in init level 5 I don't think fvmw2 has a tty to write to when it dies. That Enable Desktop Effects button is set up to replace the running window manager but it doesn't seem to actually start a full window manager. In my setup, when Fvwm stops I get a prompt asking me what window manager I want to run. So when I click on that button, fvwm stops running and I see the prompt. But there is no apparent window manager. When I answer the prompt I have to type in fvwm2 -replace. fvwm by itself won't work. So, it seems that button: kills the running window manager Puts something in its place that isn't useful. Fvwm is not crashing, it's just stopping as requested. That would explain it then, however it doesn't help me sort out the original problem that I was trying to sort out. I'm currently using gnome-panel as the only 'extra' on my screen, I don't use fvwm's buttons or similar. Most of what I want I access via fvwm's menus, it's only occasionally I go into the gnome-panel menus to find something. Since I'm using gnome-panel I also use the gnome Workspace Switcher which sits happily as an applet in the gnome-panel. The problem is that there is an interaction between the Workspace Switcher and Desktop Effects which is why I want to change the settings in Desktop Effects. I realise this is getting a bit far from fvwm2 now though. Is there any equivalent of gnome-panel in fvwm2 where I could park FvwmPager? Can I get the gnome-panel menus into the same place? The gnome menus have the big advantage of automatically adding new programs when you install them. -- Chris Green
