Re: .fvwm2rc
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, ktb wrote:
> Hi, I'm following the directions of the "X Window User HOWTO" at The
> Linux Documentation Project and trying to get my window manager fvwm2 to
> read the file .fvwm2rc. I moved /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/.fvwm2rc
> to my home directory as instructed. I used:
> cp -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/.fvwm2rc /home/kent
>
> The manager doesn't seem to be reading this file as the article said it
> would. I know that /home/kent is set in the path variable. I noticed
> that the file's group permissions and owners changed even though I used
> "-p" with the "cp" command. Here is the file before I copied it:
>
> ~$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/.fvwm2rc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Dec 12 13:34
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/.fvwm2rc -> /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc
>
> Here is the file in my home directory:
>
> ~$ ls -l .fvwm2rc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 10883 May 2 1998 .fvwm2rc
>
> I may be wrong but I'm thinking the reason my windows manager isn't
> reading the file is because the file in my home directory has the wrong
> permissions, owner and group. I tried to find info on the .fvwm2rc
> file about this but couldn't find any. Anybody know how I can get fvwm
> to recognize .fvwm2rc?
> Thanks,
> Kent
>
>
>
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Permissions, owner, and group are as expected, and I don't think they
would matter as long as you have read-permission for ~/.fvwm2rc.
Maybe 'fvwm2' is looking for '~/.fvwmrc'?
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