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.
