For LinuxPPC R5 there are 2 small typo's causing the problem. The following is credited to Linuxppc.com which posted the solution on their site;
June 19, 1999: Fix for WindowMaker crashing
When attempting to switch to the WindowMaker window manager via the GNOME Control Panel, WindowMaker fails to load with an error #6.
Cause: There is a minor typo in two key files that causes WindowMaker not to boot. The files are located in:
$home/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
/etc/X11/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu
Both files have this line: ("Exit...", EXIT),
Solution: The comma at the end of this statement is causing the error. Delete the comma on the end of the statement. The corrected line should read:
("Exit...", EXIT)
Be sure to edit both of the WMRootMenu files. Even though they have the same name, they are in different paths, and are different files. (Thanks to Robert Weeks.)
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