Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 19:31:39 -0400 (EDT) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: ajohn@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us (Anil John) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) Subject: Re: Missing File - libc.s0.3.0 - help! Message-ID: <199607022331.TAA00273@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <01BB6784.01B05D20@ppp93.bcpl.lib.md.us> from Anil John at "Jul 1, 96 07:32:10 pm"
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Anil John wrote... [...deleted...] > > 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. > > Anil > > Not an error I'd expect. You are running X first, aren't you? The window manager has to be started after the X server, traditionally in the .xsession (if using xdm) or .xinitrc (if using 'startx') file. If that's not the problem, try setting the environment variable DISPLAY explicitly to 'localhost:0'. If that works, we'll find a way around the problem! John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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