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From: Daniel Vrcic <daniel.vrcic@××××××××.hr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fvwm does not start
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:32:46
Message-Id: 20060602232330.GA2723@foobar
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] fvwm does not start by Rakotomandimby Mihamina
1 * Rakotomandimby Mihamina [06-06-02 12:12]:
2 [...]
3 > I also put _only_:
4 > fvwm &
5 > into
6 > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
7 >
8 > When I launch "startx":
9 [...]
10 > As you see, no errors.
11 > Ont thing I notice: I quickly a "x" in the middle of the screen then it
12 > disapears. It's the mouse pointer. But it rapidly disapears. Would you
13 > help me solve this?
14
15 You're forking fvwm into background. Fvwm, as any other WM, must be
16 executed in parent shell, without forking.
17
18 Put something like this
19
20 #!/bin/bash
21 exec fvwm2
22
23 into your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
24
25 Cheers,
26 --
27 Daniel Vrcic
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