Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 08:42:21 +0159 (MET DST) From: Andreas Schulz <ats@freebsd.first.gmd.de> To: cihat@dirac.localnet.com (Cihat Ozhasoglu) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: olwm Message-ID: <199505290642.IAA22208@freebsd.first.gmd.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950528170018.334A-100000@dirac.localnet.com> from "Cihat Ozhasoglu" at May 28, 95 05:06:17 pm
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> I have ftped olwm and olvwm (olvwm-4.1.tgz) from ftp.cdrom.com. This is > supposedly the latest version from the "/packages" directory. However, > when I type olwm to start OpenLook, I get an error saying "Cannot connect > to NULL DISPLAY." How can I fix this problem? I tried using /dev/ttyv0 > and a few others but nothing seems to work. olwm is only a window-manager. You need to have already X-windows running. It doesn't start up X-windows. If you have set up X correctly to match your video-card and your display, try a "xinit" and then type in the "xterm" that pops up "olwm" to start up the window manager. ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de ) Andreas Schulz GMD-FIRST 12489 Berlin-Adlershof Rudower Chaussee 5 Gebaeude 13.10 Tel: +49-30-6392-1856/+49-177-2134745 Germany/Europe
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