Richard,
Where is the Xclients file stored? When I edit it from my home dir
I get a knew file.... Then when I run startx I get an error about Xclients
permission
denied. Any thoughts?
Bregards
Joe
> On Tue, 6 Oct 98 15:40:52 +0000
> josephf_at_magpage.com
> wrote concerning 'Re: FVWM: How do you run fvwm?':
> > Hello,
> >
> > Well I am running redhat 4.2 with the source of 2.0.35 and I am actually
> > trying to run fvwm95-2.
> > If you could send me a script I would greatly appreciate it.
> >
> > The paths of my files are
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xbiff
> > exec /usr/lib/X11/fvwm95-2
> >
>
>
> Joseph
>
> OK, I have RedHat 4.2 here, as well. You already have startx, in
> /usr/X11R6/bin.
>
> 1. Make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is in your PATH.
> 2. Edit ~/.Xclients to look like this:
> #!/bin/sh
> xterm &
> xbiff &
> twm
>
> and type startx.
>
> twm is another window manager that will always be there. If this works
> we have a good start.
>
> 3. Now find the executable for fvwm95-2. /usr/lib/X11 is a strange place
> for the executable to live. Are you sure it isn't in /usr/bin/X11
> (which is, in fact, just a symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin)?
>
> Try substituting it for twm:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> xterm &
> xbiff &
> fvwm95-2
>
>
> If none of this works send me the error messages and I'll try and figure
> out what went wrong.
>
> Also, if you like, take a look at /usr/X11R6/bin/startx to see what it
> is doing. I'll send a copy of my simplified version later on when I have
> some more time.
>
> 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 Wed Oct 07 1998 - 09:57:15 BST