Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 12:46:36 +0530 (IST) From: Ritwik Bhattacharya <ritwik@dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com> To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Display problems with Afterstep 1.6.6 on 3.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906061245090.9622-100000@hamsadhwani.dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com> In-Reply-To: <000c01beaf10$f7b93440$a26ec8d0@lexmark.com>
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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Jim Freeze wrote:
>I just installed Afterstep-stable 1.6.6 on my system.
>I have FreeBSD 3.1 installed on a laptop with
>a local connection (no tcp/ip).
>After installing, I execute afterstep by
>
>cd /usr/X11R6/bin
>./afterstep
>Afterstep: Can't open Display
Do you already have the X server running ? You need to run that first,
with something like
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx.
HTH
Ritwik
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to
the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober
one. -- George Bernard Shaw
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