Re: FVWM: multiple

From: Richard Lister <ric_at_giccs.georgetown.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:40:53 -0400

On Sat, 21 Jun 1997 11:32:44 -0400
cron <cron_at_bellsouth.net>
wrote concerning 'FVWM: multiple':
> Hi Everyone
>
> I've been experimenting with fvwm2 and have really enjoyed it. I need a
> little help with a few points that I can't seem to clear up.
>
> First, I have not benn sucessful in getting FVWM buttons to swallow a
> digital clock (month/day/date - red on black background). Second, I

I used to use this, before I switched to asclock (available from
http://rif3.iiic.ethz.ch:1313/spiff/asclock/):

*FvwmButtons(5x1, Frame 0, Swallow "xclock" "Exec xclock -d -update 1
-bg Black -fg LimeGreen -padding 4
-fn '-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' &")

Note: I've inserted carriage returns for readability ... remove them before
use.

> haven't been able to get buttons to swallow a pager (any
> configuration). These pager function has been included in several
> example .fvwm2rc's I have found - unfortunately none of these work on my
> machine.

How about something like this:

*FvwmButtons(3x2, Frame -2, Back #908090, Swallow "FvwmPager" "FvwmPager 0 0")

> One last problem. I keep getting messages to the effect that the
> colormap is full. I've tried using the command for colormap focus
> following the mouse and the focus - no positive results. I'm running a

Something's eating all your colours. Netscape is a frequent offender.
Try 'netscape -install'. It could also be lots of multicoloured icons
being used by fvwm2.

> cheap 2 meg trident tgui card at 1024 x 768. When I try to remove the 8
> bit depth entry from XF86Config - X complains that the default depth
> entry is missing and refuses to engage.

I don't know about the capabilities of your card. You can try replacing
the 8 with 16 (or even 24). You may need to reduce the resolution to
get it to work. Try to find out what resolutions and depths are
supported by your card.

Ric

Richard J Lister, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Phone: 202-687 2878
Email: ric_at_giccs.georgetown.edu
Web: http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/
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Received on Mon Jun 23 1997 - 09:42:07 BST

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