At 10:29 PM 11/9/98 -0500, Immanuel Yap wrote: >On Sun Nov 8, 1998, Jerry E. McGoveran wrote: >> Someone pointed out correctly that I had to run ldconfig. What I figured >> out for myself was that I had to add /usr/openwin/lib to the conf file >> first. >> >> However, now I have a new problem: >> >> olvwm: cannot connect to (NULL DISPLAY) >> >> Now what? In UNIX, I would just type "setenv DISPLAY maui:0.0" and that >> would be that. But LINUX does not use setenv? How do you set environment >> variables in LINUX? I tried adding "DISPLAY=maui:0.0" to my .bash_profile >> with no success. What am I missing? > >You need to be running an X server *before* you run the window >manager. Assuming you have X11 properly configured, create a file >~/.xsession and put this in it: > >#!/bin/bash >xterm & >exec olvwm > >(quick and dirty, but that will do). Then start X by typing 'startx' >at the prompt.
Ah Ha! So, the usual package dependancies that apt takes care of is not applicable to X? (startx is not found on my system, and I never ran any configuration utility for X and I loaded the olvwm package with apt-get.) I take it that X must be loaded and configured separately from Debian? I am aware of XFree86 and that there is something called XF86Config. Is this what I need? Any particular installation procedure I should follow? Or do I just hack my way through the FTP site? >To answer your other question, the default Debian shell is bash, so to >set an environment variable you need to say "export VARIABLE=value". >setenv is a csh command. Right. My UNIX experience is all csh. I tried this and now I see the results I expect when I type 'printenv'. Thanks. -Jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certus Consulting Group | Specializing in Integrated Circuit Antioch, CA 94509 | Design and Verification, Logic (925)757-0685 | Synthesis, Fault Grading, and <http://www.certus.com> | Test Development
