Kenn Brodhagen <k95kb02_at_kzoo.edu> writes:
> I've been strugglin with fvwm2 for some time now and can't seem to get
> it to load. I have my .xinitrc file set up to call fvwm2 &, but when I
> run startx, I don't have a wm. At this point, I can try and manually
> execute fvwm2, doing so, I get the following:
>
> ../icons/*.xpm sed: can't read ../icons/*.xpm No such file or directory
> xpmtoppm: EOF / read error
> ppmtogif: EOF / read error reading magic number
> /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2: giftoppm: command not found
I think the file /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 is some kind of shell that has
been set up to run "quantize_pixmaps" from the fvwm2 "utils"
directory.
"quantize_pixmaps" is the only part of the fvwm2 distribution that
could generate these messsages.
I suggest that you look in this shell to find out where fvwm2 really
is and execute fvwm2 using its full path instead of this shell.
> Performing quanitzation on 32 colors
> usage: ppmquantall <new colors> <ppm file> <ppm file>...
> Converting to xpm format again
> *.ppm ppmtoxpm: *.ppm No such file or directory
> Trying to fix transparent pixels in some files
>
> Still no wm after this, although I do have an empty file called "*.xpm"
> in my current dir.
> Are these error messages part of the problem fvwm2 has starting, or
> should they not be preventing its execution?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Kenn Brodhagen
> k95kb02_at_kzoo.edu
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Received on Wed Apr 02 1997 - 15:24:26 BST