F Virtual Window Manager is a window manager for X Windows.
F Virtual Window Manager is a window manager for X Windows.
Questions tagged [fvwm]
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How to restart fvwm2 from the command line?
For a very specific software application, we maintain a base of machines running fvwm 2.5. To update the menu structure, the fvwm2rc default config file is replaced during the update process performed by a package management system. To enable the…
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Installing FVWM in Arch Linux
I recently successfully installed Arch Linux in VirtualBox, for the first time. I want to install FVWM, so I installed X Server, and then ran pacman -S fvwm. It says that fvwm has been installed, but the terminal still stays there and there is no…
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Way to make display switchable between two windows
I must display two different windows (different application) on a single X display/screen., with a small sticky window that display buttons to switch from one (virtual) screen to the other.
Although I thought this would be an easy task for a simple…
Roalt
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Multiple viewports into the same Virtual Desktop
I have been looking around for window manager solutions that would work nicely for me. While I have found a number of things, I have not yet found anything that really works well for my needs.
Usage patterns:
A number of "fixed" windows --…
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Using FVWM on Linux, do I need the "DragWell" extension to drag and drop photos?
I have photos on my hard drive that I would like to upload to Google Plus using drag and drop. But drag and drop does nothing. I don't know which of the following parties are to blame:
Image viewer (I tried Image Magick and quiver)
Window manager…
Norman Ramsey
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Why Can't configure Find xrandr.pc?
I am compiling fvwm3 from source on Debian 12 bookworm. I "cd" to the source directory and run "./configure --enable-golang"
All is well until xrandr cannot be found, even though it is installed.
config.log
configure:8877: checking for xrandr >=…
