Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 21:07:48 -0400 From: Anil John <ajohn@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us> To: "'Gary Palmer'" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: "'FreeBSD Questions'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Missing File - libc.s0.3.0 - help! Message-ID: <01BB6791.5C34BEA0@ppp93.bcpl.lib.md.us>
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Gary Palmer[SMTP:gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG] wrote: >Anil John wrote in message ID ><01BB6786.67F4DDC0@ppp93.bcpl.lib.md.us>: >> Absolutely right... I was running fvwm from the 2.2 snap CD. I fixed that >> (went and got the fvwm from the 2.1R CD), but I still get a message: > >> fvwm: can't open display. > >Are you running the `fvwm' command when X is running? Sound >suspiciously like you're not. You need to be running the X server for >this to work. Note: if you just type `startx', you'll end up with the >`twm' window manager, so you have to create/alter your .xinitrc file >in order to start fvwm instead of twm. Oops!! That was it...I just started xinit, then ran fvwm and it came up!!. Are there any docs available on how to create/alter my .xinitrc file? Also, where does one find this file? Anil
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