Re: Z50 window managers not working

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 14 April 2015 at 13:04, Larry Stotler <larrystotler%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> I have 5.2.3 installed on my Z50.  Using pkgsrc, I compiled fvwm1 and
> it worked.  Then I tried to compile fvwm, but got an error about
> conflicting with fvwm1 installed.
>
> So, then I installed jwm, and it starts X, but then dumps to the console.
>
> Tried to start fvwm, and got the same issue when it had previously worked.
>
> Then I installed icewm, and it fails as well.
>
> I use:
>
> startx jwm
> startx fvwm
> startx icewm
>
> If I just use "startx" I get the basic X-Window with 3 terminal windows.
>
> Not sure what is wrong.....


To test further you could try 'startx xterm' to fire up just an xterm
without any window manager, then try running them individually... (so
you can see any error messages)