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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
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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