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voidmain:
Yes, you would just add another script to the Sessions directory and add a section for it in the Xsessions file as you did. Obviously each Window manager is different in how it is configured and how it is customized but you didn't ask for help with that. IceWM look like a decent light weight Window manager but I'll stick with Gnome and KDE since I have the power to burn. Glad you got it working.
BTW, the little trick we did with db3 and the "ln -s" and the "--nodeps" is not the cleanest way to do it. And I would not suggest getting in the habbit of doing things that way. It's just the quickest/easiest way I could think of to solve your problem without downgrading your db3. It would have been best to have both versions of db3 installed, or better yet compile IceWM against the newer db3 library as function calls between the different versions could have possibly changed slightly causing problems with IceWM.
I didn't notice any problems, but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be any. I'm not exactly sure what IceWM uses the db3 libraries for.
[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
Doogee:
err what are the db3 libs for, or is this something i should learn along the course of my Linux fulfilled life :D
Doogee:
hey void i installed fvwm from rpm and matched all dependencies and everything and i did exactly what u said up there but changed it all to fvwm instead of icewm and i know fvwm is the exec file cos i tried it in Konsole and it dumped me the manager already running thing. what info do u need to know to help me?
voidmain:
Ok, here's what I did to get it working, most of which you probably have already done:
1) download and install the following
- fvwm-2.4.9-1.i386.rpm
- fvwm-themes-base-0.6.1-1.noarch.rpm
- wm-icons-0.3.0-1.noarch.rpm
2) Create a /etc/X11/Sessions/FVWM file and set the name to "fvwm" in the file as you said you did.
3) Add an "fvwm" section to /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession as you said you did.
4) Make a couple of symbolic links in /usr/X11R6/bin:
# cd /usr/X11R6/bin
# ln -s /usr/bin/fvwm .
# ln -s fvwm fvwm2
Now you should be able to log in to fvwm from your graphical login manager. You will get a blank screen because you have not configured it yet, click your "right" mouse button on the background where you will be prompted with a configuration preference, then click the "restart fvwm" option to make the new config take effect. Try each of your mouse buttons on the desktop for the different fvwm menus.
If you wanted to try a different configuration you can log off, delete your ~/.fvwm directory and log in to a blank screen again and select a different configuration with your right mouse button.
Good luck.
Doogee:
it still wont fucken work ive done everything as u said, all the rpms went fine i added everything but it just drops me back in the login screen AAARRRRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!!
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