To all who responded, thank you. As a newbie, I was somewhat ignorant about what was supposed to happen, but as a Linux user, I should have thought to start it from the console with X-Windows running. I have and all seems well.
Thanks again. Christopher Adams > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jochen F. Rick > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:59 AM > To: pws@cc.gatech.edu > Subject: Re: [Pws] problem starting Squeak > > Oops. I didn't see this. This is a better answer than mine. Thanks Hal, > > Jeff > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:39:42PM -0600, Hal Eden wrote: > > hi, christopher, > > > > i think that the problem is (given the message that you gave) that > > your DISPLAY environment variable is not set, indicating perhaps that > > you are trying to run this when logged in remotely via ssh/telnet OR > > that you are running from a "raw" console (without starting up > > Xwindows). > > > > so, one option is to make sure that you do this within an X session > > (i won't go into a tutorial on Xwindows right now). the problem with > > this is it is difficult to to this from a script--if that is what you > > are trying to figure out. > > > > another option is to run your swiki "headless". take a look at http:// > > minnow.cc.gatech.edu/swiki/92. (i believe there is a way to connect > > directly into such an instance via VNC, although i haven't done it > > myself). > > > > what i do is to run a vnc server, which establishes its own Xwindows > > environment and then i run the swiki within that. (i'm sure this was > > borrowed from somewhere on the web...) > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > #!/bin/bash > > > > vncserver -kill :1 > /dev/null 2>&1 > > rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix/X1 > > vncserver :1 -name Squeak -depth 15 > > ( > > cd /where/my/swiki/is > > nohup ./squeak -display :1.0 -memory 50m squeak-dev.image & > > ) > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > hope this helps! > > > > hal > > > > On Jun 27, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Christopher Adams wrote: > > > > >I have installed a Swiki on a Linux machine. > > > > > >>From the ComSwiki directory, I issued this command: > > > > > >./squeak squeak.image > > > > > >The resulting message is: > > > > > >Could not open display `(null)' > > > > > > > > >I have used this Swiki on a Windows machine before but not on Linux. > > > > > >Can someone provide some guidance? > > > > > > > > >Christopher Adams > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Pws mailing list > > >Pws@cc.gatech.edu > > >https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pws mailing list > > Pws@cc.gatech.edu > > https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws > > -- > Jochen "Jeff" Rick, PhD Candidate, Georgia Tech College of Computing > [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.je77.com/, work: 404-385-1105 > _______________________________________________ > Pws mailing list > Pws@cc.gatech.edu > https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws _______________________________________________ Pws mailing list Pws@cc.gatech.edu https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/pws
