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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:34:43 -1000 (HST)
From:      "David Langford" <langfod@dihelix.com>
To:        jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCO and Wordperfect 7 problems (socksys)
Message-ID:  <199607260434.SAA00979@caliban.dihelix.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960725081949.2588D-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Jul 25, 96 08:21:34 am"

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John Fieber
>On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, David Langford wrote:
>
>> I am trying to install Wordperfect 7 for SCO and I am getting the folowing
>> errors:
>> 
>> libsocket: socket: /dev/socksys: No such device or address
>> Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0 
>
>Try setting the display to your (fully qualified) hostname.  With
>WP6.0, I couldn't even get started with :0.0 or unix:0.0 or
>localhost:0.0, I had to use fallout.campusview.indiana.edu:0.0.
>== jfieber@indiana.edu ===========================================
>

No DISPLAY I get:

	/dev/X0R: No such file or directory
	Error: Can't open display: :0.0

DISPLAY = caliban (what hostname and /etc/hosts think machine is):

	/dev/X0R: No such file or directory
	Error: Can't open display: caliban:0.0 

DISPLAY = fqdn0.0

	libsocket: socket: /dev/socksys: No such device or address
	libsocket: socket: /dev/socksys: No such device or address
	libsocket: socket: /dev/socksys: No such device or address
	Error: Can't open display: caliban.dihelix.com:0.0

DISPLAY = 127.0.0.1:0.0

	libsocket: socket: /dev/socksys: No such device or address
	Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0            

I dont have any other SCO programs to try (any one know of some???)
and I dont have the WP6.0 demo- guess I can download it... weeee.

Is anyone using SCO X stuff (like Wordperfect) on current??

-David Langford



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