Re: Fluxbox 1.1.1 apps

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Niklas Rosencrantz wrote:
> Dear dragonfly team,
> I enable Fluxbox 1.1.1 from a Dell Laptop d✈fly 2.4.1 regularly wikiing
> http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/user/dellcpx/
> welcoming your instructions how to enable more apps and browsers e.g.
> firefox. The best browser starting is links-graphics, konquerer and more
> also start, still many apps appear in the manus registering as installed and
> don't start. Hence probably path issue. pidgin IM does start, gimp won't,
> igoo won't, might be random or config the thing. If doable, please inform
> whether apps in menu are supposed to start the program or path to path
> configuration. Starting a root gui, gnome starts OK and not mozilla. My goal
> is migrating my dev environment.
> Thanks & regards
> Nick Rosencrantz

When encountering dodgy behaviour with X Window System apps, try calling their 
binary name from a terminal window instead of the menu. Then slide the app off 
coverage of that terminal window (if one even opens at all).


Reason:

error info will be there (missing libs et al) that would not be as easily seen 
if started with a menu click, and may or may not be hitting one or more logs...

Doesn't FIX the problem, but may help ID the cause.

HTH,

Bill Hacker