Re: FVWM: Really simple (isn't it?) question - how to change colours?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris G
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:40:05PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On 16/05/2008, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I only actually want to change the colours of borders and title bars > > to get a 'flatter' look than the default with a colour rather than grey. > > Well, set yourself up some co

Re: FVWM: If I enable "Desktop Effects" fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-16 Thread Chris G
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:47:51AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > >> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Chris G wrote: > >> > I don't want it to change fvwm, I just want it not to crash! > >

Re: FVWM: Really simple (isn't it?) question - how to change colours?

2008-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
On 16/05/2008, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I only actually want to change the colours of borders and title bars > to get a 'flatter' look than the default with a colour rather than grey. Well, set yourself up some colorsets. Colorset 0 fg white, bg purple Colorset 1 fg white, bg green

FVWM: Really simple (isn't it?) question - how to change colours?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris G
I thought this should be really simple but reading the fvwm2 man page hasn't really told me how to do it. How do I change colours in fvwm2? I only actually want to change the colours of borders and title bars to get a 'flatter' look than the default with a colour rather than grey. Presumably (bu

Re: FVWM: Are there any Window Decoration themes that are similar to the Gnome default?

2008-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
On 16/05/2008, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any fvwm2 Window Decoration themes that look vaguely like > the Gnome default window decorations? I.e. something fairly minimal > with rounded top corners? Well, you'd need to patch FVWM to get the rounded corners. Have a look on th

FVWM: Alex Wallis dies, age 55.

2008-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
Dear all, It is with regret and sadness that I have just found that that Alex Wallis (or 'awol' as he was perhaps better known by many on IRC) passed away last night. He was 55. He will be sorely missed by those of us who knew him. He founded the #fvwm IRC channel and for years he and I were th

Re: FVWM: If I enable "Desktop Effects" fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-16 Thread Dan Espen
Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: >> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Chris G wrote: >> > I don't want it to change fvwm, I just want it not to crash! >> >> Well, if it crashes, does it leave a core file or print any error

FVWM: Are there any Window Decoration themes that are similar to the Gnome default?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris G
Are there any fvwm2 Window Decoration themes that look vaguely like the Gnome default window decorations? I.e. something fairly minimal with rounded top corners? -- Chris Green

Re: FVWM: If I enable "Desktop Effects" fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-16 Thread Chris G
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Chris G wrote: > > I don't want it to change fvwm, I just want it not to crash! > > Well, if it crashes, does it leave a core file or print any error > output? THe snippet you posted earlier

Re: FVWM: If I enable "Desktop Effects" fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-16 Thread Dominik Vogt
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Chris G wrote: > I don't want it to change fvwm, I just want it not to crash! Well, if it crashes, does it leave a core file or print any error output? THe snippet you posted earlier is not from fvwm itself. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt

Re: FVWM: If I enable "Desktop Effects" fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-16 Thread Jaimos Skriletz
> Yes, sorry, I should have said, the 'Desktop Effects' is accessed > from gnome-panel. However I don't really see why fvwm should stop > it working. Just about every other thing that I can access from > gnome-panel works perfectly. fvwm2 is supposed to be gnome friendly. > > >From your logs i

Re: FVWM: If I enable "Desktop Effects" fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-16 Thread Chris G
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:12:06PM -0600, Jaimos Skriletz wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:43:01PM +0100, Chris G wrote: > > I'm running fvwm 2.5.24 on Fedora 8. > > > > If I go to System - Preferences - Look and Feel - Desktop Effects and > > click the "Enable Desktop Effects" butoon it crashe