WindowMaker Clock MDK9.2

[matthewbyrom]

When I start WindowMaker and run "ps aux" I see a process for wmCalClock-WindowMaker with a variety of flags set, which refers to the Clock set up by default on Mandrake 9.2

Can someone tell me where in the startup scripts this is initialised? The d*mn thing is set to bleep on the hour every hour and I want to modify it's startup flags. I've looked everywhere for the script that starts it to no avail.

Thanks in advance.

[mdwatts]

I've never used Windowmaker, but I did find a list of files in the WM package that includes wmCalClock.

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/updates/8.2/RPMS/WindowMaker-0.80.0-5.1mdk.i586.html

Have a look at the WM config files. /usr/X11R6/bin/startwindowmaker might be one of them.

Also there is a manpage for wmCalClock (man wmCalClock) that might tell you how to configure the startup flags.

[matthewbyrom]

Solved it. Just thought I'd post the solution if anyone wanted to customise the Clock in WindowMaker on Mandrake 9.2.

The file to edit is ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState

There is another file that refers to wmCalClock,down in the /usr/share/mdk/WindowMaker directory but it appears to be ignored.

WMState must be edited outside of WindowMaker, say at a text prompt, as the file will reset itself if you edit the file via a virtual terminal within WindowMaker.

As mdwatts said, man wmCalClock will show a list of options for customising the clock. Else, simply remove "-b 100" to get rid of that annoying hourly bleep!