Continuing Saga: olwm and xdm
Hi Obi, Hi Everyone - Obi wrote: I'm using olvwm xdm with no problem ... I never set up any enviroment variable to make it work ... I guess you are doing something wrong with your .xsession file or .Xresources or something during the session startup. xdm is looking at .xsession while startx is looking at .xinitrc (if I don't remember wrong: I'm not using anymore startx). mmmhhh, ok, so I disabled .Xresources and .xsession and also did *not* set the OLWMMENU environment variable: No luck, though: The workspace menu works with xdm disabled, but fails to work when I log in via xdm. I also checked .xsession-errors and /var/log/xdm-errors, but the first file is empty and the second doesn't say anything suspicious. So, does anyone know of another error file that may contain diagnostic information? Thanks for the help so far! - Reto BTW: The exact package I am using is olvwm_4.1-5.deb - from stable. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
please help: olvwm and openwin-menu
Hi Everyone, I just downloaded and installed olvwm. The good news is that it seems I have finally found a window manager that I like :-) The bad news is that I can't get it to read the menu definition file :-( The system-wide file exists as /etc/X11/olvwm/openwin-menu and my customization file is ~/.openwin-menu - neither of which seems to get read in, neither at startup nor on a file change. Declaring and exporting the variable OLWMMENU so that it points at either of the menu definition files doesn't do the trick either. Any hints would be seriously appreciated - I can't think of anything to try next... Reto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Update: olvwm and openwin-menu
Hi Tibor, Hi Everyone - Tibor Simko wrote: hi i like olvwm too. after the installation, the system-wide menu worked for me right out of the box, after the right mouse button click... so you must have done something bizzare during the installation ?! best wishes Mmmhhh, maybe I did do something bizzare during the installation - so I reinstalled olvwm and set OLWMMENU to /etc/X11/olvwm/openwin-menu. Well, it still didn't work. So then (I don't know why...) I thought it may work if I start X11 using the startx command rather than xdm - and that actually did it !?!?!? I now have a wonderful workspace menu. So basically, I am happy now, but it would be nice to use xdm after all - does anyone have an idea why olwm and xdm don't get along? - Reto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: HELP!!! dpkg messed up X11 (?)
first of all, thanks to the people how tried to help me out with this rather odd problem. i followed the suggestions, but without success - as far as up/downgrading is concerned: my system is a rex/bo mix, and the problems seemed to start when i installed libc5 from hamm - i guess that my mixing of versions was not such a great idea. downgrading libc5 to either the rex or the bo version did not help, as I pointed out before. well, the problem persists, but my weekend is drawing to a close and i'm simply out of time. i'll back up all my important files - when i get a chance, i'll just reinstall the entire system. that's not exactly an elegant solution but it will do for now. again, thanks for the advice, reto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
HELP!!! dpkg messed up X11 (?)
Need Your Help: I was downloading some packages from stable so that I could try to build a custom kernel. While I was downloading and installing (with dpkg), I got bored and wanted to play maelstrom - but mealstrom refused to start, same for xtetris. Then dpkg reported it was having problems installing packages. Now, I cannot even start X - after logging in via xdm I simply get back the xdm login screen. Luckily, I saved some of the error messages before everything came down: # xman [2] 1429 # xman: can't load library 'libXaw.so.6' [2]+ Exit 16 xman $ xtetris [4] 1359 $ xtetris: can't load library 'libXaw.so.6' [4]+ Exit 16 xtetris # find / -name libXaw.so.* /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6 $ maelstrom [5] 1363 $ maelstrom: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' [5]+ Exit 16 maelstrom # find / -name libXpm.so* /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.7 -- # dpkg -i tcl76_7.6p2-4.deb (Reading database ... 13814 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace tcl76 7.6p2-4 (using tcl76_7.6p2-4.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tcl76 ... Setting up tcl76 (7.6p2-4) ... Checking available versions of tclsh, updating links in /etc/alternatives ... (You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.) Leaving tclsh (/usr/bin/tclsh) pointing to /usr/bin/tclsh7.6. Leaving tclsh.1 (/usr/man/man1/tclsh.1.gz) pointing to /usr/man/man1/tclsh7.6.1.gz. /sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat (No such file or directory), skipping /sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or directory), skipping /sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or directory), skipping # ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/usr ls: /usr/X11R6/lib/usr: No such file or directory # ls -l /usr/lib/libc.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 25 19:59 /usr/lib/libc.so - /lib/libc.so.5.4.20 # ls -l /usr/lib/libm.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 25 19:59 /usr/lib/libm.so - /lib/libm.so.5.0.7 === I think the whole mess started when dpkg aborted the installation of some libc5 package - any help and suggestions are very welcome - until this is fixed I'll be reduced to Windows 95 (arrrg)! Reto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: HELP!!! dpkg messed up X11 (?)
Igor Grobman wrote: Looks like the installation of libc5, an essential package failed. Download it from debian/stable/binary-i386/libs and install with dpkg -i libc5*deb yup, that's what i tried right after my original post - and i tried it again after reading your reply - with the same result: I tried these libc5 packages in turn: libc5_5.4.20-1.deb (the one from my old cdrom) libc5_5.4.23-4.deb (the one in unstable) libc5_5.4.33-3.deb (the one in stable - has the higher number than in the one in stable !?) Always with the same error: ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat (No such file or directory), skipping the upshot: x11 is still not running. in general, it seems that at least some of the shared libraries cannot be found/loaded, despite the fact that they clearly exist on the disk. in particular though: Which package creates the file /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat ? thanks for your tip. if you or other people on the list have any more suggestions, I would be very glad to hear from you... reto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
