Get a *real* Windowmanager... like KDE (if you're a newbie), Enlightenment (for fun) or WindowMaker (for productivity) Why is that fvwm2 still with Linux ? It's ugly, it's nasty to configure, it's buggy (yep... or am I the only one whose mouse sometimes isn't able to pop any menues any more)... Even AfterStep is a lot better and more stable... (although you can delete it from your HD too, now... if you want some NeXT, try WindowMaker) - [ KDE ] isn't bad, especially for people who come from Windows... it's easier to get used to, and has some very nice features (such as KDM - really nice), but it's still buggy :-( - [ Enlightenment ] is *the* WindowManager... that's the one you have to show Windows users who think that X-Window sucks, but I agree, it's very buggy too, and a little heavy (although Rasterman and Mandrake are totally re-writing it... in C++ I think :-))) should be out soon) - and it's even with S.u.S.E. 5.2 !!!! (they really should have put Eterm and some themes, too, but you can download all that) - [ WindowMaker ] (I use the new 0.14.1) is excellent: it's NeXT-ish, beautiful, very easily configurable, done in C++ (based on GNUstep), very few bugs, very fast and light... magnificent, really !!! it's a pity it isn't in S.u.S.E. 5.2, but I'm sure they'll put it in 6.0 and, anyway, it's easy to install... just follow the instructions... it took me less than 5 minutes (including compilation :)) Pascal /nick SuSE52 on #linux (IRCnet) root on www.student.prov-liege.be "Linux is obsolete" A. Tanenbaum -----Original Message----- From: Steven Udell <hettar@teleport.com> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: mardi 12 mai 1998 10:06 Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Starting Fvwm2 Errors
Hi SuSE,
I am wonder why I get this error (always) when starting fvwm2
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id in failed request: 0x3400002 Serial number of failed request: 164 Current serial number in output stream: 164 X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 4 (X_DestroyWindow) Resource id in failed request: 0x300000f Serial number of failed request: 286 Current serial number in output stream: 289
Now I have had these error all along, even in SuSE 5.0 5.1 and now 5.2, I think it's time to clean them up This is displayed in the Xmessages window of fvwm2 So how can I fix them?
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