Re: FVWM: FVWM for SGI

From: Kendrick Vargas <kvarga01_at_fiu.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 15:26:28 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Lindsay Feuling wrote:

> I'm about to attempt to use FVWM on an SGI. I know SGI window managers
> use several dot files to define ones session and layout characteristics,
> but I'm a bit hazy on how to have my login on this machine use FVWM
> rather than SGI's default window manager.

First thing you want to do is create a .xinitrc which is simply a shell
script that run's fvwm ... Make sure to set variables like
$LD_LIBRARY_PATH if you compiled against shared libraries that aren't in
the usual places (usually libXpm4.8.so or something). Then, at the end of
the file, just "exec fvwm" or fvwm2, or whatever.

Then just create a file (empty or not, doesn't matter, as long as the file
exhists) that is call .disableDesktop ... This file lets IRIX know to
aviod running it's own desktop and to run the .xinitrc instead ... have a
ball.
                        -peace

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Received on Fri Apr 11 1997 - 14:27:04 BST

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