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 > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > 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'?
