Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > > > > > When Clyde Wilson wrote, I replied: > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: <snip> > > > > When I tried this I got > > > > > > > > # /usr/sbin/xbase-configure > > > > ksh: /usr/sbin/xbase-configure: not found > > > > > > Hmmm, I'm running slink, and never heard of (and I looked for) this > > > file. > > > > > > > I had been running fvwm95-2 and I'm kind of used to that, but it seems > > > > that now > > > > (since I upgraded to slinK, that is) I'm only able to get fvwm2. As you > > > > can see, pon/ppp is OK as is netscape4.5 which I had been and am still > > > > able to use. But > > > > this window manager won't resize or reposition windows, doesn't Iconify, > > > > etc. > > > > How can I get fvwm95-2 back? > > > > > > What does your /etc/X11/window-manager file say? > > > > ps aef shows that I'm running fvwm95 and that it's under > > ~my_login_id/.xinitrc > > but this window manager is totally different - I can't re-size or even > > move the windows that I open, I don't have a color background, but a > > cross-hatch background, focus changes by cursor moving into a window and > > not by clicking on it, there's no bar at the bottom that shows iconified > > tasks, nor a bar above it for launching xterms, netscape, etc nor clock, > > nor system activity. > > Except for the part about not being able to move windows, it sounds like you > are running fvwm2 (do you still have fvwm1?), but all window managers allow
Don't know anything about fvwm1. > you to move the windows, so I'm not sure whats going on here. If you can move > the focus (sure about this?), Can't move windows, but can change focus by clicking. I'll attach ps output that shows /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95 running. <snip> > This probably won't be the problem, but, make sure you have a symlink > called > xinitrc in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit. It should point to a > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file. this file, on its last line, should say '. > /etc/X11/Xsession'. All true. > <snip> > > > > My .xinitrc checks for executable fvwm-95-2, then fvwm95, then fvwm, > > then twm > > and executes the first it finds - hence fvwm95. I'm considering a move > > Your .xinitrc shouldn't do this check; this is what /etc/X11/Xsession > does! > ??? (What's going on here?) Try renaming your .xinitrc to something else and > run X. Does it work correctly (from above, I'm assuming fvwm95 is in the > first line of /etc/X11/window-managers)?. Moved ~/.xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc.hold; fvwm95 is the first line - I'll attach that and other files. > Do you get fvwm95 and the default > xterm? If you still can't figure out the problem, then I have 2 suggestions. > One, try reinstalling fvwm95, and say 'y' to the question 'do you want to make > this wm the default?'. It might help. I used dselect to remove, then re-install fvwm95 and fvwm95-icons (and a couple other things dselect recommended) but install never asked 'do I want this wm as default?' > Second, come back to this list and > show us *exactly* what you are doing. Show us the contents of ~/.xinitrc, > /etc/X11/window-managers, /etc/X11/config, and make sure you have > 'allow-user-xsession' in Xsession.options. Are you starting X with 'startx > &', or are you using xdm. startx (no &) - I had a bad experience with xdm - it would crash and re-start endlessly, disabling my system (had to boot from diskette). So now I run startx from tty6 as myself. As noted above, I removed ~.xinitrc - the rest are attached. > > > to wmaker, > > By itself, WM is very nice, but if you are also running gnome (from > what > you've said, I don't think you are) then a simpler window manager, like fvwm2 > without the pager, is better. > > > but I don't want to spend time learning a new environment (not that I > > really learned fvwm95-2; I just seemed intuitive). > > WM has a floating dock which can be configured while running WM; no mucking > around in a config file is needed. This plus the debian menu makes WM easy to > use. The WM configure program is also very much reccomended. > > -- > Ed C. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 220 6 S 0:00 -ksh 9104 6 S 0:00 xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc -bpp 24 -- -auth /hom 9112 6 S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95 9120 p1 S 0:00 -ksh 9126 p2 S 0:00 ksh 9128 p3 S 0:00 ksh 9130 p4 S 0:00 ksh 9132 p5 S 0:00 ksh 9134 p6 S 0:00 ksh 9135 p1 S 0:09 /usr/lib/netscape/netscape http://www.users.nac.net/rjw/ 9152 p1 S 0:00 (dns helper) 9158 p6 S 0:00 ping mail.nac.net 9159 p3 R 0:00 ps
# This file contains a list of available window managers. The default # Xsession file will start the first window manager that it can # in this list. #/usr/bin/X11/fvwm95-2 /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95 /usr/bin/X11/fvwm /usr/bin/X11/twm /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95 /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95
# This file contains configuration flags for the X Window System. # For a description of the meanings of the flags, see # /usr/doc/X11/README.Debian run-xconsole obey-nologin allow-user-resources allow-user-modmap allow-user-xsession allow-failsafe xdm-start-server # start-xdm no-start-xdm
# /etc/X11/Xsession.options # # configuration options for /etc/X11/Xsession # See Xsession.options(5) for an explanation of the available options. no-allow-failsafe allow-user-modmap allow-user-resources allow-user-xsession