The problem I saw was that the menu window was drawn with the correct
foreground color, but the text within the menu window was never visible
(that is what generated all of the X errors I think).
I found out, though, that the problem has something to do with the way
redhat set up their package. I had used thier RPM spec file to generate
new RPMS from the latest source. What I ended up doing was compiling it
myself with minimal configuration changes (specifying prefix only).
After doing this, everything works fine.
I'm going to try to adjust thier RPM spec file configuration to see if I
can generate a working fvwm RPM.
Glenn
Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 13 Feb 2003 11:56:49 +0100, Capozza Giovanni wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Glenn W. Bach wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have tried getting both 2.4.15 and 2.4.6 working on RedHat 8.0, but in
>>>both cases, the menus are invisible.
>>>
>>>My .xsession-errors files contains a large number of errors.
>>>
>>>Does anybody have any idea what might be causing this? I've tried my old
>>>fvwm2rc files and the example ones. I always get the same problem.
>>
>>I had the same problem trying to get the 2.4.15 and 2.4.14 on RHL 8.0.
>
>
> Please be more descriptive. Which problems exactly do you see, transparent
> menus? Can you post your configuration and make some screenshots?
> This can't have anything to do with ModulePath.
>
>
>>Apparently seems there is a problem with the Modules installed with the
>>above releases; I made both versions working installing the rpm
>>packages (and not the source codes) and giving in the .fvwm2rc config
>>file the right path of the modules which is
>>
>>ModulePath /usr/local/libexec/fvwm/2.4.14/
>>PixmapPath /usr/share/icons/mini/
>>IconPath /usr/share/icons
>>
>>or
>>
>>ModulePath /usr/libexec/fvwm/2.4.14/
>>PixmapPath /usr/share/icons/mini/
>>IconPath /usr/share/icons
>>
>>(the first path works with my desktop while the second
>>one with the laptop: I have no idea why the same version of fvwm
>>installs the Modules in different directories ???)
>
>
> Do you mean the same rpm install files into different directories on your
> machines? This is impossible. Probably you have several fvwm installations
> on the same machine. Try "rpm -ql fvwm | less" to see the file locations.
>
> Please, remove your ModulePath line completely. Modules will likely to
> function improperly if you have this line in your fvwm2rc. fvwm binary
> knows where its modules sit without any additional help.
>
> Please also remove PixmapPath and IconPath lines. Use ImagePath instead.
> It is generally a good idea to take a look at your X output, you will see
> some error messages about your fvwm2rc.
>
>
>>I can't change the background color yet (which is black!) !!!!
>>Does someone know how to do it ???
>
>
> Try: "xsetroot -solid darkcyan" or "fvwm-root myimage.xpm".
> You may see FVWM FAQ on the web for other suggestions.
>
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
--
Glenn W. Bach
CDS Systems Administrator
California Institute of Technology
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