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From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown)
Subject: Help, Ports fvwm2 broke my working fvwm
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	I tried to install fvwn2 from the ports collection last night (version
	2.1.5). It crunched for a while and finally told me that it was already
	installed on my machine ?. Unfortunately it alos broke my working fvwm.

	/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm was dated yesterday, so I replaced it with none
	from a bacjup tape. Still didn't work correctly . so I looked arund a
	little and wound up replacing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm (the whole
	directory) off the tape also. Still doesn't work. I have checked and my
	~/.fvwmrc file is the same onethat I had working before this. The
	symptom is that fvwm is started up from xdm, and puts 2 X terms in the
	lower right hand corner of the scree. There are now mouse menus, no
	virtual screen manager etc. It looks like fvwm is not corectly reading
	my .fvwmrc file.

	Any sugestions on how to fix this? Have I missed restoring something
	that i should have? Can I just re-install the package from the CD?

	I would appreciate any advice on this.

	Thanks.

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Stan Brown     stanb@netcom.com                                    404-996-6955
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