Re: FVWM: a problem of .login starting fvwm (migration suse-ubuntu)
Lucio, I also use Ubuntu 20.04, fvwm, and tcsh. What display manager are you using? I like xdm and fvwm is started from .xsession. My .login is just for setting the environment, and .tcshrc for aliases. cat .xsession #!/bin/bash export PATH=~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH export TZ="America/Los_Angeles" /bin/mv -f /home/frankb/.xsession-errors /home/frankb/.xsession-errors.old exec /usr/bin/fvwm 2> $HOME/.xsession-errors E. Frank Ball III On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 03:36:43PM +0200, Lucio Chiappetti wrote: > I am migrating (actually, configuring a new PC) from opensuse 42.3 to > xubuntu 20.04.3. In particular I would like to clone my fvwm configuration > (since I have a screen of the same size), the one in > http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/WWW/Opinions/window.html > > What I am noticing (which is probably not directly related fvwm itself but > to the way it is started with the X server) is that the fvwm session does > not run my .login (I am since ages a tcsh user, so I have a .cshrc and a > .login).Such .login is executed correctly in a ssh session. > > The .login has few items (a PATH setting, a font path xset +fp setting > (plus other audio stuff so far commented out) which is conditional to a > $?XSESSION_IS_UP, and a setenv of some locale like LC_TIME to en_US.UTF-8) > > Apparently ALL of the .login is not executed > > (not just the part relevant to XSESSION_IS_UP ...by the way what is the > correct way in ubuntu to check I am in an X session ?) > > I checked with ps -H the way fvwm is started > > On suse > > 1 1690 root /usr/bin/sddm > 1690 17584 root /usr/lib/sddm/sddm-helper ... --start fvwm --user > lucio > 17584 17586 lucio /usr/bin/fvwm > > On ubuntu > > 1 977 root /usr/sbin/lightdm > 977 34424 root /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -core :0 ... > 977 56656 root lightdm --session-child 12 19 > 56656 56682 lucio fvwm2 > 56682 56759 lucio/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/im-launch fvwm2 > > The difference between fvwm and fvwm2 is virtual. On suse /usr/bin/fvwm2 is > a link to fvwm. On ubuntu fvwm is a link to /etc/alternatives... which in > turn is a link to /usr/bin/fvwm2. > > Suse has fvwm 2.6.6 and ubuntu has 2.6.8 > > What is apparent is that somehow suse performs a "login with my shell" > before starting fvwm (thus setting my environment) while ubuntu starts fvwm > ignoring my login shell choices. > > How can I either change this order, or instruct fvwm under ubuntu so that > it sets up a basic environment which is then inherited by all child shells > (in xterm, urxvt or whatever) ? > > Thanks > > -- > Lucio Chiappetti - INAF/IASF - via Corti 12 - I-20133 Milano (Italy) > For more info : http://www.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/personal.html
Re: FVWM: fvwm vs fvwm-themes
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 03:28:00AM -0700, john wrote: Can I do everything in fvwm that can be done in fvwm-themes or do I need to run the theme module? fvwm-themes hasn't been updated since 2003. It's a dead project. I still works, but it will spew errors since the syntax for fvwm has changed a bit. It spreads the configuration out over many files, which is a pain. It doesn't do anything you can't do yourself with some work, but it may provide some examples. It's not a module, you start fvwm-themes instead of fvwm. E Frank Ball fra...@frankb.us
Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 01:53:32PM +, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi, Just a quick note to all the Debian users who've long since been waiting for Debian to update their version of FVWM, this has finally happened. I've been helping out the new maintainer and talking to the DD who's sponsering the maintainer, and we've finally got FVWM 2.6.5 released to Debian Unstable. Someone may well backport this; I don't know. Thank you, thats great. Any chance it will make it into Wheezy? -- Frank Ball fra...@frankb.us
Re: FVWM: Button bar
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:37:39AM -0500, Billy Patton wrote: I'm almost completely satisfied with my fvwm2 setup. My button bar at the lower right of my vnc connection is just where I want it. What I need for someone is how to increate the numbers of screens I can have. # this describes how many rows and columns are displayed in the pager DeskTopSize 3x4 -- E Frank Ball[EMAIL PROTECTED]
fvwm window button
Hi, This makes a nice + button for a window decoration. I thought you might want to add it to the website. It's from the default fvwm config from SuSE 5.2. ButtonStyle 3 13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] gif image of a window is attached. -- E Frank Ball[EMAIL PROTECTED] fvwm-button.gif Description: GIF image
Re: fvwm window button
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:52:56PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: } E Frank Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: } Hi, } } This makes a nice + button for a window decoration. } I thought you might want to add it to the website. } It's from the default fvwm config from SuSE 5.2. } } Yep, it is sorta nice, I'll add it but it might take a while. } I'm curious, what does a + button do? } } -- } Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's fvwm, it can do anything you want it to:-). I use it to toggle whether or not a window is sticky. -- E Frank Ball[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL:http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm-workers in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
