Zack Brown writes:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Dan Espen wrote:
>
> > Zack Brown <zbrown_at_lynx.neu.edu> writes:
> > > I just recompiled fvwm2 on my debian system and now FvwmCommand/FvwmCommandS
> > > don't work. I put them in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/ and made links from them
> > > to /usr/local/bin, which I think is at least part of what I did last time,
> > > but now when I give an FvwmCommand like "-i2 send window_list", I just get
> > > back:
> > >
> > > FvwmCommand error in opening message
> > > --No such file or directory--
> >
> > The man page has something to say about this. Don't you think
> > you should mention the fvwm release you are using?
>
> smr-2.0.46.4
FvwmCommand comes with the original 2.0.46 distribution needs a
patch.
What is smr, anyway?
>
> I know the man page says that this error means FvwmCommandS is not loaded. I
> didn't misunderstand the error message, I just can't get the error message
> to go away. As far as I can tell, I have the files properly installed, and I
> invoke it properly in the rc file ("Module FvwmCommandS" on a line by itself
> at the top of the file without the quotes), but FvwmCommandS just isn't
> loading.
>
> I would really appreciate help on this, because as far as I know, I did
> everything right. I don't know what else to do. I've tried running FvwmTalk
> and loading the FvwmCommandS module by hand, but it just fails. Is there any
> way to see the error message from FvwmTalk? I just don't know what to do. I
> tried giving no path, giving the full path, nothing works.
>
You can see error messages in a couple different ways. Running
FvwmConsole or invoking fvwm2 with redirection such as
fvwm2 2>/tmp/fvwm.err".
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Received on Mon Dec 28 1998 - 09:53:37 GMT