On 01/10/03 12:56 PM, Dan Espen sat at the `puter and typed:
> Louis LeBlanc <fvwm_at_keyslapper.org> writes:
> > Hey all. I've been away for some time (got my fvwm config tweaked
> > just where I wanted it) and now something has happened.
> >
> > I recently upgraded to fvwm2.4.14 on FreeBSD, but hadn't gotten around
> > to restarting the system yet. Then last night, we lost power for
> > awhile, and when it came back, the system came up great - except for X
> > and Fvwm.
> >
> > I narrowed down and solved most of the problems, but now I have Fvwm
> > starting with my usual desktop and menus, but the menus and any exec
> > hotkeys don't seem to work. Any time I try to exec something from the
> > menus, I simply get a message in the log that says:
> > Abort trap
> >
> > and that's it. Nothing else.
>
> Something is calling the abort() function.
>
> Since Fvwm is still running, it doesn't sound like fvwm.
>
> When you "exec" something, Fvwm looks for the config command
> "ExecUseShell" and then $SHELL, otherwise it uses /bin/sh.
>
> Look for an ExecUseShell command, then look at $SHELL.
> If either is set, try to use them to start a program.
> Otherwise try to use /bin/sh to start a program.
>
> --
> Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
No good. I tried this, and either I'm not doing it right or it's not
the problem.
I don't know where to go next. I've tried the default system.fvwm2rc
distributed with fvwm2, and it behaves the same way.
Any other ideas?
Thanks.
Lou
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Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 21:49:27 GMT