On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 08:16:52PM -0700, Darren Benham wrote:
>
> On 27-May-98 G. Crimp wrote:
> > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that
> > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2,
> > logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent (maybe xfmail or
> > netscape) just by clicking the appropriate button. Here is where I need
> > ideas and guidance.
> If you use X (xdm) and one of the flavors of fvwm*, you can use FvwmButtons to
> give them a button bar on the screen when X starts up.
>
Thanks to all who sent suggestions. I haven't had much time to work
on this so its a little slow. The route I have decided to try is as above.
I am using fvwm2 and xdm, so it is just a question of getting FvwmButtons
going ...
That's why I am writing again. I've been through man fvwm2, man
FvwmButtons, /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc, /usr/doc/fvwm2/README.sysrc,
etc, etc, and I can't get a button box to come up. I have created a ~/.fvwm2
directory in which I have two files: init-restart.hook and post.hook. Their
contents follow after which I'll decipher a little.
init-restart.hook:
#######################################
##
## ~/.fvwm2/init-restart.hook
##
#######################################
## Load any modules which should be started during fvwm
## initialization.
#ModulePath /usr/lib/X11/fvwm:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/
## Make sure FvwmButtons and FvwmPager are always there.
#AddToFunc InitFunction "I" Module FvwmButtons
#AddToFunc RestartFunction "I" Module FvwmButtons
#Module FvwmButtons
#+ "I" Module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/FvwmButtons
+ "I" Exec FvwmButtons
+ "I" Module FvwmButtons
## Make it titlebar-less, sticky, and give it an icon
Style "FvwmButtons" Icon toolbox.xpm, NoTitle, Sticky
## Alright, let's configure this puppy.
*FvwmButtonsFore White
*FvwmButtonsBack DarkSlateGrey
*FvwmButtonsColumns 1
*FvwmButtonsGeometry -0-0
*FvwmButtonsFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-14-*
*FvwmButtons(Title Shutdown, Back LightRed, Fore Black, Action 'sudo shutdown
-h now')
*FvwmButtons(Title Solitaire, Fore Black, Action 'xpat2 -geometry 700x450-0+0
&')
#Module FvwmButtons
------------ end of init-restart.hook ------------
post.hook:
## Make it titlebar-less, sticky, and give it an icon
Style "FvwmButtons" Icon toolbox.xpm, NoTitle, Sticky
## Alright, let's configure this puppy.
*FvwmButtonsFore White
*FvwmButtonsBack DarkSlateGrey
*FvwmButtonsColumns 1
*FvwmButtonsGeometry -0-0
*FvwmButtonsFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-14-*
*FvwmButtons(Title Shutdown, Back LightRed, Fore Black, Action 'sudo shutdown
-h now')
*FvwmButtons(Title Solitaire, Fore Black, Action 'xpat2 -geometry 700x450-0+0
&')
#Module FvwmButtons
--------------- end of post.hook -------------
You can see a bit what I have tried from what is commented out. My first
attempt was to put everything in init-restart.hook. I tried a couple of
ways of adding the buttons to the init and restart functions. I have tried
adding adding Module FvwmButtons on a separate line and in the post.hook
file. After many fruitless experiments at little variations, I tried
putting the configuration stuff in the post.hook file as well.
Nothing I have tried has given the slightest hint of success. All
that starts is the pager and an xterm window. ANYone know what the heck I
am doing wrong (ie., how to make this right ) ????
Thanks a million,
Gerald Crimp
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