hi mikhael thanx for your reply
i'm using fvwm-2.4.16 On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 08 Sep 2005 18:03:22 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > > - i've been trying to make a compact flash based X11 w/ fvwm > > I don't really understand what "flash based X11" means. I suppose you > simply want to configure fvwm and you read its man page already. i'm creating a linux distro that runs completely within the compact flash there is no cd, no hard disk > > - my main machine, slackware-10.1 has fvwm with menu icon i am taking a working slackware system ( 8GB ) and squeezing it into 1GB compact flash > If you use a configuration created by someone (distribution specific or > not), their distro works fine with the fvwm menu icons however, i'm forgetting something in my CF version > > fvwm-root /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/mini-mail.xpm > > fvwm-root /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/mini-nscape.xpm > > > > - these icons does not show in the menu items nor in FVWMButtons > > Please post the configuration lines that use these icons. the fvwm-root commands was my test, to see that the mini-mail.xpm files are visible in X11 ... even if it was not in the fvwm menu > > - what apps or libs is used to disply the menu icons ?? > > fvwm or its modules do it using internal libfvwm. that is what i was looking for, however, there is no such file in slackware-10.1 the fvwm files i know about are: /usr/X11R6/libexec/fvwm/2.4.16/FVWM* ( 36 fvwm commands ) /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/Config* /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/FvwmForm* /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/FvwmScript* /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.fvwm2 ( or xinitrc.fvwm95 ) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > - i already have copied the entire fvwm tree and x11 lib > > /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/ > > > > - i'm selectively copying from > > /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules ( for the svga chipset ) > > What exactly did you copy from and to? You should not copy the fvwm tree > (whatever it means), you should install fvwm (if it is not already) using > "./configure PARAMS; make; make install" commands. i do NOT want the fvwm/doc and fvwm/html and man pages etc..etc.. i am not copying from source, but just recreating the fvwm binaries that already exists in slackware-10.1 > Here is an example configuration that should work for you: the unmodified sample config file that system should be using is 139587 Jan 31 2005 /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/system.fvwm2rc-sample-95 and i do NOT have any ~/.fvwm* > ImagePath /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps:+ this variable is NOT defined ( commented out ) in the above system.fvwrmrc file - i'll start to play with that variable and see what happens > The first ImagePath line is only needed if you don't have this directory > defined already. that ImagePath is not defined in the above config file > I do have it, run "fvwm-config --default-imagepath". thanx alvin