Afterstep does nothing after loading background
Sasha Vasko/OSCA/Courts/Judicial(sashav@sprintmail.com)
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 08:35:55 -0500
> Hi,
>
> I've compiled AfterStep-1.8.8 on my Win2k PC using Cygwin. When I
execute
> afterstep it displays the following messages:
>
> Detected colordepth : 24. Loading configuration
> ...AfterStep(non-configurable/0_
> feel.24bpp:257):unknown function name in function specification
> [CirculateWindow
> Up].
> .... Done.
> using /tmp/as-connect.0 for intermodule communications.
> Using system wide defaults from
> '/cygdrive/c/Misc/AfterStep/share/afterstep'accepted module connection
> accepted module connection
> asetroot: loaded root background for desk# 0 (pixmap id is 8388609).
> asetroot: loaded root background for desk# 1 (pixmap id is 8388613).
> asetroot: loaded root background for desk# 2 (pixmap id is 8388617).
> asetroot: loaded root background for desk# 3 (pixmap id is 8388621).
> Wharf:invalid option BalloonFore Black
> Wharf:invalid option BalloonBack Grey70
> Wharf:invalid option
> Font -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> The default background is successfully loaded and displayed. The problem
is
> that after loading the background afterstep just idles. It doesn't
display
> the wharf, pager, or anything else. It just sits there.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
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It really depends on what server you are using - if XF86 then you are in a
bad shape since this thing does not work well.
You can try removing all Wait commands from autoexec file - it looks like
AS is
endlessly waiting for some module to open its window.
Cheers
Sasha Vasko
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