Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:15:48 +0200 From: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies) To: schluntz@gromit.pinpt.com (Sean J. Schluntz) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with FVWM & XFree86 Message-ID: <199609040815.KAA12953@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960903214359.0093a0cc@wallace.pinpt.com>; from Sean J. Schluntz on Sep 3, 1996 14:43:59 -0700 References: <2.2.32.19960903214359.0093a0cc@wallace.pinpt.com>
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Sean J. Schluntz writes:
> I'm trying to get FVWM or FVWM95-2 running, and when ever I try to start it
> ('fvwm' or 'fvwm95-2') I get.
>
> fvwm: can't open display
>
> when I try 'fvwm -d unix:0.0' I get:
>
> TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 61
> fvwm: can't open display unix:0.0
Looks like you haven't started your X server. Copy
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc into your home directory,
modify the twm line to fvwm95-2 and startx (you gotta have
/usr/X11R6/bin in your path). And also care for having a
.fvwm2rc95 (use a copy of system.fvwmrc95) in your homedir.
>
> help?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Sean
> ---
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--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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