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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:07:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Mike G." <mikegoe@ibm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-install <freebsd-install@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: X-window
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970305180637.26927U-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703050503.FAB71535@out1.ibm.net>

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On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Mike G. wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:53:41 -0800 (PST), Doug White wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Mike G. wrote:
> >
> >> Just installed 2.1.6 and the strangest thing.   X-window can
> >> only be run by a user who is using a tcsh shell.  Not even
> >> root who defaults to csh.  I've checked the permissions and
> >> all seems well.  I would appreciate any suggestions as to why
> >> this is.
> >
> >What about the path?
> 
>   I tried executing the commands while in the directory with
> no luck.

Well, that will fail.  FreeBSD doesn't assume that the current directory
is in the PATH.  To run something in the current dir you have to do

./programname

It's something you have to get used to when you move over from DOS-ish
OSs.

Make sure the requisite path(s) are in .cshrc in your home directory.
Look at the tcsh user's .tcshrc or .cshrc. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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