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Re: Drop an anvil on my mouse or go back to W95?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Sat Nov 30 10:40:37 1996
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 10:39:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Lance Cummings wrote:
> A lot of nice people have volunteered the command
> xset m <integer>
Mine works in my .xinitrc file. I use fvwm and have a file called
.xinitrc.fvwm
which has
the lines
more .xinitrc.fvwm
if [ -f $HOME/.Xresources ]; then
xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources
fi
xset s 300 &
xclock -g 40x40-5+0 -bw 0 &
xload -g 60x40+900+0 -bw 0 &
xterm -sb -sl 3000 -fn 10x20 -ls -g 80x40+159+147 &
fvwm
I then start X with the command
startx .xinitrc.fvwm
Works fine.
If you are using fvwm-95, then do a similar thing.
You are probably loading a system file after your .Xdefaults file which
unsets your changes.
Best thing is to RTFM. Try
man xinit
man startx
man fvwm
> Next question: For a supposedly rock-solid system, my Linux
> acts stranger than W95 ever has. For example, the startx
> command produces at least two different start up configurations,
> seemingly at random. Config one has the little windows that
> allow you to control virtual X windows (I don't know what that
> little panel is called.) in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
> The two xterm windows are top-center and lower-left.
>
> Config two opens with the two xterm windows
> side-by-side at the top of the screen, and the little virtual windows
> panel at the left-center of the screen. These different configs
> open randomly with no user input or mods from me or anyone
> else. I can startx 4 or 5 times, and it seemingly randomly opens
> to one configuration or the other -- about half the time to one and
> half the time to the other, but not alternately. What the heck kind
> of system is that? I realize it's probably this Metro-X thing, and not
> Linux, but whatever it is, I don't like it.
>
> And while I'm at it, what about that little virtual windows panel and
> its buddy the (?) cpu usage monitor? Am I the only one who thinks
> that coders who design things to always be on top of the desktop,
> yet that cannot easily be dragged aside, ought to be subjected to
> prolonged torture? (Perhaps they should be forced to do graphic
> design using my X mouse for a few months.) <g> How the heck do
> I get these obstructions where I want them?
You need to read the man pages on fvwm95-2. They will tell you how to
set up and play with the settings more than you could ever want.
Also, to get a good man page interface, try tkman.
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