Ratpoison 13.37 install menu problem.

[globetrotterdk]

I have just installed Salix Ratpoison 13.37 on a Dell laptop for testing purposes. I am unable to get "Ctrl-t r" to function for the menu. I have been looking on the forum, but have yet to find a solution for this.

[mimosa]

I'm not sure why that's happening, but you may find this thread helpful - basically, it tells you how to set it up yourself. But I don't think you should need to.

http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic. ... nus#p23745

[globetrotterdk]

I'm not sure why that's happening, but you may find this thread helpful - basically, it tells you how to set it up yourself. But I don't think you should need to.

http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic. ... nus#p23745

Thanks for the quick reply. The full message I am receiving is:

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/bin/sh -c "~/.ratmenu/main.sh" finished (1)

I just tried running the following without any luck:

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bind r exec ~/.ratmenu/main.sh

[mimosa]

I can recall this happening when I put my customised .ratpoisonrc in a fresh install of Salix ratpoison - fixed by reverting to the stock .ratpoisonrc and editing it.

Why that should be, and whether the cause is similar for you, I don't know. Something to do with permissions, perhaps?

Incidentally, I think the second thing you posted isn't bash. It only works within the config file.

[globetrotterdk]

I can recall this happening when I put my customised .ratpoisonrc in a fresh install of Salix ratpoison - fixed by reverting to the stock .ratpoisonrc and editing it.

I am running a completely fresh install with no modifications.

Why that should be, and whether the cause is similar for you, I don't know. Something to do with permissions, perhaps?

All files listed in the ~/.ratmenu directory are listed as -rwxr-xr-x

Incidentally, I think the second thing you posted isn't bash. It only works within the config file.

OK, I just checked the .ratpoisonrc file and it contains the line "bind r exec ~/.ratmenu/main.sh", so it should be OK.

[gapan]

Run

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~/.ratmenu/main.sh

from a terminal. What do you get?

[globetrotterdk]

Run

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~/.ratmenu/main.sh

from a terminal. What do you get?

"fatal: cannot load font-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-1"

[gapan]

You don't have the terminus font installed.

[globetrotterdk]

You don't have the terminus font installed.

slapt-get returns that terminus-font is up to date.

[gapan]

Can you post the contents of your ~/.ratmenu/main.sh file?