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What happens if you typeillidan.modeler wrote:All the items under the 'Shutdown' menu group are of no effect no. I click the item, such as 'power off', 'restart', nothing happens.
What can I do to fix it?
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wmpoweroffI surfed the Web and got to know the command. However, when I issued the command 'wmpoweroff', the system prompted with 'kill ...' which seemed like the mannual for command kill.L18L wrote:What happens if you typeillidan.modeler wrote:All the items under the 'Shutdown' menu group are of no effect no. I click the item, such as 'power off', 'restart', nothing happens.
What can I do to fix it?into a console and press ENTER key?Code: Select all
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Anythig elseillidan.modeler wrote:... However, when I issued the command 'wmpoweroff', the system prompted with 'kill ...'....
After the console replied 'kill' help, nothing else was provided.L18L wrote:Anythig elseillidan.modeler wrote:... However, when I issued the command 'wmpoweroff', the system prompted with 'kill ...'....
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[ "$1" ] && {
which "$1" || {
echo "$1 windowmanger not installed.Exiting."
exit
} ; }illidan.modeler wrote:...I dare not to try 'xwin fvwm' again this time.
and bigpup always wrote:_________________
I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
It's a standard out-of-the-box Slacko 5.6. And I don't know if fvwm is intalled by default. I just read the commets in prompt mode (or run level 3?) that I may run 'xwin fvwm' or 'xwin jvw'. I tried 'xwin fvwm' and it turned my systems abnormal, though I haven't figure out which scripts it has modified.Karl Godt wrote:fvwm is a window manager . Apparently it is not installed on your system .is the standard windowmanager .Code: Select all
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The shutdown scripts try to kill the entry in /etc/windowmanager .
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[ "$1" ] && { which "$1" || { echo "$1 windowmanger not installed.Exiting." exit } ; }
Not sure where you are seeing this info, could be examples, but the only one that will work is:I just read the commets in prompt mode (or run level 3?) that I may run 'xwin fvwm' or 'xwin jvw'.
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xwin jwmThere's a menu command 'exit to Prompt' under menu group 'Shutdown' (when I examine the config file, this menu item links to command 'wmexit'). When press this menu item, your Puppy will turn to a no-xwin stage where you'll see the message I mentioned.bigpup wrote:The window manager that is installed in Slacko 5.6 out of the box is:
"Joe's Window Manager"
JWM
If you want to use another window manager you need to install one.Not sure where you are seeing this info, could be examples, but the only one that will work is:I just read the commets in prompt mode (or run level 3?) that I may run 'xwin fvwm' or 'xwin jvw'.Code: Select all
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Yes, it is /usr/bin/xwin:illidan.modeler wrote:...There's a menu command 'exit to Prompt' under menu group 'Shutdown' (when I examine the config file, this menu item links to command 'wmexit'). When press this menu item, your Puppy will turn to a no-xwin stage where you'll see the message I mentioned.
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#unicode_start #i18n rodin.s for unicode start after exit from X. ??????what is this??????
#120224 ...console font is loaded in quicksetup if locale changed.
echo ''$(gettext 'Exited from X. Type "xwin [fvwm95|jwm]" to restart X ([ ] mean optional).')''
echo ''$(gettext '(To shutdown PC type "poweroff", to reboot PC type "reboot")')''
