Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:07:54 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Gordon Wang <guelph@tpts5.seed.net.tw> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <199708180907.KAA22535@crux> In-Reply-To: <83623427@toto.iv>
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Gordon Wang said: >Dear Sir >I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user. >What should I do to change my windows manager to fvwm? >I have tried to change "twm &" to "fvwm &" in the file .xinitrc, >but this made my X-windows crashed. You *did* install the fvwm port/package, right? Once that's done, make sure the fvwm binary is somewhere on your path -- it'll be called fvwm or fvwm2, can't remember which right now. Check that you have this right in .xinitrc. Fvwm should then start up with default settings, but if it still doesn't work, try copying /usr/X11R6/lib/x11/fvwm2/system.fvwmrc to ~/.fvwm2rc and see if that works. You should probably do that anyway, as you will most likely want to modify the rc file to your personal tastes. The manpage will tell you what all the options do. Did you get any particular error messages when X 'crashed'? HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0xE8A64271 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | | -- J. S. Bach.
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