Hyper Faze <fr0sbyte_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> --- Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> wrote:
> > Hyper Faze <fr0sbyte_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> > > I'm trying to get pager to work but it just will
> > not
> > > launch when I log into my system (ultra 1 Solaris
> > 8).
> > > I'm fairly new at fvwm2 which makes it difficult
> > to
> > > understand why.
> > >
> > > I've tried using someone else's fvwm2rc who is
> > using
> > > Pager fine but it still will not launch.
> > >
> > > Could it be cuz my default shell is csh? I
> > noticed
> > > that I don't have an .xinitrc file either.. could
> > that
> > > be the problem?
> >
> > csh should have nothing to do with it. You don't
> > start
> > FvwmPager from the command line, nor do you "Exec"
> > it from
> > your .fvwm2rc.
> >
> > You haven't supplied enough information.
> >
> > What version of fvwm are you using.
> >
> > How are you starting X? What did you do about CDE?
> > If you are starting X from your .profile, what
> > command did
> > you use?
> Well I'm not trying to start FvwmPager through the
> command line.
>
> I basically installed fvwm2 the way the directions
> tell me to. I haven't touched .cshrc and I don't have
> a .profile, but I do have a .dtprofile.
...
> The version of fvwm is 2.2.4
>
> I was using fvwm on another system (ultra5) and the
> way I used to launch fvwm was by login into command
> line mode and then typing the command "startx" and
> that would automatically launch fvwm. But on this
> system (ultra 1 solaris 8) when I execute startx it
> says command not found, can't do a man startx either.
Solaris doesn't come with startx. No surprise there.
> So I found a site that showed me how to add fvwm to my
> CDE login screen. So now when I'm at the login screen
> I go to options/session/fvwm and wala fvwm comes up
> fine but with no pager.
>
> Here's the site that showed me how to add fvwm to my
> win manager list
>
> http://twirl.mcc.ac.uk/~zzassgl/wm.html
>
> Could this be why? Thanks for your help.
The information at that site is good.
This explains why you don't need a .xinitrc, the script
adapts to that and starts fvwm2 instead.
To get FvwmPager to start with Fvwm2.4, you are going to need
a correct ModulePath and good configuration commands and
a command to start FvwmPager.
It will also help if we can see any error messages that might be
getting printed.
Modify the script described in Step 4 where it invokes fvwm2:
Before: /usr/local/bin/fvwm2 &
After: /usr/local/bin/fvwm2 2>&1 | tee /tmp/xinit.out&
Look in /tmp/xinit.out from time to time to spot problems.
Assuming FvwmPager is in /usr/local/fvwm you need in your .fvwm2rc:
ModulePath /usr/local/fvwm
*FvwmPagerBack gray
*FvwmPagerFore black
*FvwmPagerFont 9x15bold
*FvwmPagerSmallFont 5x8bold
*FvwmPagerHilight lightblue
*FvwmPagerGeometry -1-1
*FvwmPagerLabel 0 Main
*FvwmPagerLabel 1 Alt
*FvwmPagerDeskColor 0 blue
*FvwmPagerDeskColor 1 green
*FvwmPagerMiniIcons
*FvwmPagerBalloons
AddToFunc "InitFunction" "I" Module FvwmPager 0 1
(The *FvwmPager lines can be whatever you want, I'm just giving you
what I have set.)
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Dan Espen
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Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 699-5570
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Received on Thu Oct 26 2000 - 13:38:55 BST