Dominik/Dan & fvwm2'ers -
Thank you both very much for the help. The 'make install' doesn't do such a
predictable job under Solaris, it seems. My modules problem was indeed a
Path problem, install didn't really "install" them in a sensible place. I
moved things around manually and things are working fine now....
Also appreciate the explanation re: WindowsDesk.
Best to all,
Paul Ellis
unix ops engineer
paule_at_zantaz.com
925/598-3013
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominik Vogt [mailto:fvwm_at_fvwm.org]
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 2:01 AM
To: Paul Ellis; fvwm
Subject: Re: FVWM: fvwm2-2.2.4 Modules Don't Work under Solaris 2.6
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:30:18PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> Paul Ellis <paule_at_zantaz.com> writes:
> > Friends -
> >
> > I like fvwm/fvwm2 a lot and have generally used both on Solaris and
Linux
> > w/o problems. *But* on my Solaris 2.6 box, the basic fvwm2 binary (ver
> > 2.2.4) starts up okay but ALL modules Fail to run properly. They fail
with
> > message like this even though the modules were built, installed in
correct
> > directory and have CORRECT permissions:
> >
> > [FVWM] [executeModule]: <<ERROR>> Execution of module failed:
> > /usr/lib/X11/fvwm2/FvwmPager
> > Permission denied.
>
> When fvwm2 produces this message, it has just done a fork/execvp.
> The execvp should transfer control to the module, but in your case
> the execvp failed, and fvwm printed this message.
>
> The permission denied comes from the OS, so there must be some kind
> of permission problem.
>
> If you just try to run "/usr/lib/X11/fvwm2/FvwmPager" outside fvwm
> does that work? (It won't run, but it should give you a message
> not "permission denied".)
Also, please check if the PATH variable points to the correct
FvwmPager executable. There may be old executables with the
wrong permissions in the PATH.
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