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-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Adam [mailto:tho...@fvwm.org] 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 4:21 PM
To: fvwm@fvwm.org
Subject: Re: FVWM: New install - no config

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 08:10:33PM +0000, Frank Pittenger (fpitteng) wrote:
> I just installed fvwm 2.6.5 on a new machine.
> 
> I do not have root or sudo privileges so could not install in the
> default location.
> 
> I used: configure --prefix=/users/fpitteng/fvwm2
> 
> I added /users/fpitteng/fvwm2/bin to my path.
> 
> All went well and I am able to run fvwm.
> 
> When I click the left mouse button I get the menu: Builtin Menu 1.
> XTerm 2. Setup Form 3. Setup 95 Script 4. Issue FVWM commands D.
> Desktop Menu R. Restart FVWM X. Exit FVWM
> 
> The "Xterm", "Restart FVWM", "Exit FVWM" and most of the items under
> "Desktop Menu->Applications" work.  But "Setup Form" and "Issue FVWM
> commands" don't seem to do anything.

See below.

> None of my windows have any icons to minimize, or maximize. I can't
> move, resize, raise or lower windows and my /users/fpitteng/.fvwm dir
> is empty.

That's right---no mouse bindings for those exist at this point.

> I thought I could get a basic config through the Builtin Menu, but am
> having no luck.

You can; see below.

> Any help is appreciated.

Your ModulePath isn't set appropriately, most likely not relative to
--prefix.  Having said that, it seems to work OK for me.

What does:

    fvwm-config -m

print out?

fvwm-config -m
/users/fpitteng/fvwm2/libexec/fvwm/2.6.5

Indeed, do you have anything under that path?

ls -alF /users/fpitteng/fvwm2/libexec/fvwm/2.6.5
total 14480
drwxrwxr-x 2 fpitteng eng    4096 Oct 16 15:19 ./
drwxrwxr-x 3 fpitteng eng    4096 Oct 16 11:08 ../
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  548524 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmAnimate*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 fpitteng eng       9 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmAudio -> FvwmEvent*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   83118 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmAuto*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  504694 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmBacker*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  651322 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmBanner*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng 1054522 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmButtons*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng     146 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmCascade*
-rw-r--r-- 1 fpitteng eng     236 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmCommand.pm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   90821 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmCommandS*
-rw-r--r-- 1 fpitteng eng     151 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmCommand.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   82469 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmConsole*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   32299 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmConsoleC*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   19855 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmConsoleC.pl*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  306064 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmCpp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng    7116 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmDebug*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  582254 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmDragWell*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   81111 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmEvent*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  805503 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmForm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   32421 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmGtkDebug*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  877980 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmIconBox*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng 1072808 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmIconMan*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  754068 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmIdent*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  308093 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmM4*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  924188 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmPager*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   27838 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmPerl*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  876367 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmProxy*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  194489 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmRearrange*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   84432 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmSave*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   87280 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmSaveDesk*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng 1359343 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmScript*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  564326 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmScroll*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   53027 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmTabs*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng      82 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmTalk*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  972892 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmTaskBar*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   75391 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmTheme*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng     143 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmTile*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  666542 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmWharf*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng   12391 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmWindowMenu*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fpitteng eng  809235 Oct 16 15:19 FvwmWinList*

-- Thomas Adam

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