I built the upstream icewm 1.3 branch (under fedora 15) and it also failed. I traced the problem to icewmbg crashing the X server.
Since the problem exists on multiple distributions (and cvs head) and both free and proprietary ATI drivers, I submitted a upstream bug report: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3289566&group_id=31&atid=10003 ** Bug watch added: SourceForge.net Tracker #3289566 http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=3289566 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/757610 Title: Cannot start icewm from the login page -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs