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deepforest

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help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

Look at compiling process video

https://streamable.com/v84307

and installed dependencies packages txt
 
https://pastebin.com/raw/iWcVZach

Last edited by deepforest (2022-04-12 19:22:48)

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

Firstly, when building you should use "make |& tee LOG" so that all output is captured in LOG. That makes it possible to review it all in more details.

In this case you will need to find the "error: ..." lines to figure out what the main problems are. All the warnings should really be tended to as well, but they doesn't stop the compilation.

I mostly got missing include files and needed to install:

# apt-get install libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxext-dev libxt-dev xbitmaps libxmu-headers

plus a light manual touch to remove some misplaced "##", and

now it looks like the link recipe of the Makefile needs polishing as well.

deepforest

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

Hello! Sorry for late reply.
Already is installed

root@devuan:/usr/local/src/fvwm95---#  apt-get install libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxext-dev libxt-dev xbitmaps libxmu-headers
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
libx11-dev is already the newest version (2:1.7.5-1).
libxext-dev is already the newest version (2:1.3.4-1).
libxmu-headers is already the newest version (2:1.1.3-3).
libxpm-dev is already the newest version (1:3.5.12-1).
libxt-dev is already the newest version (1:1.2.1-1).
xbitmaps is already the newest version (1.1.1-2.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@devuan:/usr/local/src/fvwm95---# 

Here logs.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ … sp=sharing

Last edited by deepforest (2022-04-18 14:45:47)

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

You seem to have include file(s) in /usr/local/include that disturb the process. Maybe you can move them away somewhere and try again?

E.g, first error in LOG says

/usr/local/include/X11/Xlib.h:5:8: error: unknown type name ‘XFontStruct’

which is odd since XFontStruct is defined in /usr/include/XLib.h (line 1052) from libx11-dev=2:1.7.5-1

Therefore I'm guessing you have some remnants from trials/experimentations in /usr/local/include

EDIT: Thought to mention:

• I downloaded fvwm95-2.0.43f.tar.gz and unpacked that into /usr/local/src/fvwm95-2.0.43f/ for building

• ran ./configure, then make repeatedly while dealing with its errors, resulting in pulling in those libraries and some minor edits to:

  1. modules/FvwmIconMan/FvwmIconMan.c

  2. modules/FvwmScroll/GrabWindow.c

  3. modules/FvwmTaskBar/Goodies.c

With that it compiles (with lots of warnings) for me, and I don't know how well it runs.

deepforest

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

@ralph.ronnquist
Thank you very much! Now, after clearing  /usr/include/ its installs good.

But how now i can use it? When i do logout and press F1 on login Slim screen i do not see FVWM96 session.

Here my /home/freeartist/.xinitrc                                                                                                                                           

DEFAULT_SESSION=startxfce4

case $1 in

lxqt)
exec startlxqt
;;

xfce4|*)
exec startxfce4
;;

mate)
exec startmate
;;

fvwm95)
exec startfvwm95
;;

#exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
#;;

esac

Last edited by deepforest (2022-04-20 18:00:16)

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

xfce4|*)

???
So the second option is that "if the argument $1 matches xfce4 or matches * (aka anything), then use startxfce4". That makes the remaining ones mere decoration.

For sure you meant them to be in a different order.

deepforest

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

Apologies, my bad. When i set default FVWM95 i.e.

DEFAULT_SESSION=startfvwm95

case $1 in

lxqt)
exec startlxqt
;;

xfce4)
exec startxfce4
;;

mate)
exec startmate
;;

fvwm95|*)
exec startfvwm95
;;

#exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
#;;

esac

Nothing is happened. After reboot or change session, Slim not enter to fvwm95, Slim sty at login screen.

deepforest

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

after xinit command

/usr/local/lib/X11/fvwm95/XClassTaskbar

not found

Last edited by deepforest (2022-04-21 16:06:08)

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

Firstly, I have to assume that you prepared that startfvwm95 script/program to run the binary, which by default installs into /usr/local/bin/fvwm95. Probably fine.

Next you are obviously entering a software maintenance mode which involves fixing "bugs" in the software to adapt it to the current X11 environment, and that's not something I want to commit to be involved in. I see there is a readme file regarding FvwmTaskbar; possibly related.

Good luck.

deepforest

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Re: help me please install FVWM95 on Ceres

Its all "red eyed nerding" too complex for me:/