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RE: Window Managers for X11 (fwm2, mwm, twm)
- To: "'zaimi@kiwi.iamp.tohoku.ac.jp'" <zaimi@kiwi.iamp.tohoku.ac.jp>
- Subject: RE: Window Managers for X11 (fwm2, mwm, twm)
- From: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <terryl@ultimatetechnology.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:43:49 -0400
- Cc: 'Cygwin Mailing List' <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samy Alex ZAIMI [mailto:zaimi@kiwi.iamp.tohoku.ac.jp]
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 5:25 AM
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Window Managers for X11 (fwm2, mwm, twm)
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have cygwin B20.1 on a W95B laptop computer, and
> I am using the free X server from MicroImages.
> I usually lauch 'xs.exe' from the desktop (by
> clicking on an appropriate icon), then from a bash
> shell I use one of the following window managers
> (by the way, are there others around ?) :
> 1. mwm &
> 2. fvwm2 &
> 3. twm &
> Well, I have problems with each of them.
>
> When I use the first one, I have troubles at start
> up :
>
> helios:~$ mwm &
> [1] 1086
> helios:~$ Warning: Cannot convert string
> "variable" to type FontStruct
> Cannot find configuration file. Using builtin
> defaults.
> at line 0
> Xlib: extension "SHAPE" missing on display
> "127.0.0.1:0.0".
> Xlib: extension "SHAPE" missing on display
> "127.0.0.1:0.0".
> Xlib: extension "SHAPE" missing on display
> "127.0.0.1:0.0".
> Xlib: extension "SHAPE" missing on display
> "127.0.0.1:0.0".
>
> So, what is going on ?
8< snip
MicroImages X is not X11R6 compliant it is ~ X11R5
It does not include support for SHAPE extension (period).
Therefore MWM which tries to use it and OCLOCK -shape will not
work properly.
There are other problems to related to your supplied fonts.
Try using StarNet Xwin-32. It works well (except for restarting every hour
:-( )
8< snip
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Dr.-Ing. Samy Alex ZAIMI
> Tohoku University - Sendai (Japan)
>
>
>
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