Toby Blake <toby_at_inf.ed.ac.uk> writes:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm running XDarwin 1.2.0 under MacOS X and have just used fink to
> upgrade the version of fvwm2 that I use.
>
> The problem is that, after doing this upgrade, I can no longer launch
> an xterm within fvwm. My .xinitrc is relatively simple, at the end I
> have:
>
> xterm -sb -sl 500 --geometry 75x34+687+40 &
> exec ssh-agent fvwm2
>
> The xterm mentioned here launches fine, but if I try and launch an
> xterm from within fvwm2 the window appears, but is completely blank -
> hitting enter causes the window to disappear. This happens using the
> default .fvwm2rc or my own, which defines the command to launch the
> xterm as follows:
>
> + "xterm" Exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -sb -sl 500
>
> Note that curiously I can open emacs, start a shell and launch an
> xterm from within here, all with no problems.
>
> Can anyone suggest what is happening here?
Which release of fvwm are you using?
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Received on Fri Sep 26 2003 - 11:44:38 BST