On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 09:33:30 -0500 (CDT)
Phil Romig <romig_at_bierstadt.unl.edu>
wrote concerning 'Re: FVWM: How do you run fvwm?':
> >
> > I have installed and done all the makes and etc. Now I have just one question
> > which I can't find in the faq's.
> > How do you run fvwm?
> >
> >
> > Joe Fialkowski
> > joseph_at_magpage.com
> >
>
> The answer depends a little bit on how X is installed on your system.
> For most people you need a startup file, and the last thing in the
> startup file should be the command to run fvwm. A typically startup
> file might look like this:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xbiff
> exec /usr/local/bin/fvwm2
You'll need to put all clients except the last one in the background.
> Of course you will need to adjust the paths to point to where your
> X11 and fvwm are stored.
Or better, just let your environment and $PATH handle it. So a trivial
startup script would be:
xterm &
xbiff &
fvwm2
When X starts this script is executed. When the script finishes X quits,
so all client should be in the background, except the last one, which
is typically the window manager. So doing a quit from the wm quits X.
> This startup file typically needs to be called EITHER: .xsession or
> .xinitrc (both would go in your home directory).
You can start X by running xinit, which looks for .xinitrc. However,
it is generally better to run a script which sets up the X environment
correctly before calling xinit. On many linux distributions this script
is called startx, and looks for a file called .Xclients.
If you wish I can send a copy of a simplified startx script I wrote
for my own use.
If xdm is running, it will usually look for .xsession, so you
should use that instead if running xdm.
If none of this works for you let me know what platform(s) you are
using and I'll try to give more specific advice.
Ric
Richard J Lister, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Phone: +1 202-687 2878
Email: ric_at_giccs.georgetown.edu
Web:
http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~ric/
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Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 10:25:11 BST