McIntosh Donald <Donald.McIntosh_at_accaglobal.com> writes:
> Hi...
>
> I just tried logging in there and did Ctrl-Alt-Escape once the it had hung
> and nothing happened. I'm not sure what this key combination was intended
> to do, but it had not effect.
>
> By chance, I have found something that does let me log in cleanly every
> time. Bizarrely, and for no reason that I can think of, changing the window
> manager startup timeout has an effect. If I reduce the
> Dtsession*waitWmTimeout in my .Xdefaults from 2 seconds to 1 second, the
> login works every time. Apparently when the Window Manager starts up almost
> immediately it doesn't encounter the error.
>
> I can't explain why this fixes the problem. If anyone has an ideas, please
> let me know.
Hmm, I should have connected Solaris 9 and CDE, but on the Solaris
systems I've used, I disable the CDE login manager.
The FAQ doesn't include your symptom, but question 2.2 does
discuss starting Fvwm with CDE.
> Cheers,
> Donald.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Espen [mailto:dane_at_mk.telcordia.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:07 PM
> To: McIntosh Donald
> Cc: 'fvwm_at_fvwm.org'
> Subject: Re: FVWM: new install on Solaris 9
>
>
> McIntosh Donald <Donald.McIntosh_at_accaglobal.com> writes:
> > Hi...
> >
> > I've just installed fvwm 2.4.11 on Solaris 9. It compiled and installed
> > without any problems.
> >
> > The problem I am having is that during login, it seems to have a problem
> > processing the .fvwm2rc file. It gets so far and then my machine "beeps"
> > and I'm left with only the config it's processed up until that point
> > (normally just my mouse menus). I then do a restart of fvwm and it all
> > comes up, including my FvwmButtons. I've tried it with the sample
> .fvwm2rc
> > files and I still get the same thing, so it's not just my .fvwm2rc file.
> >
> > Does anyone know why fvwm2 "hangs" half way through startup and then works
> > perfectly after a restart?
>
> Hi.
>
> I've been thinking about this one, and I just saw your newsgroup
> post, so I figure you're getting anxious.
>
> Does Ctrl-Alt-Escape help?
>
> --
> Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Tue Oct 01 2002 - 05:29:22 BST