On Thursday 19 August 2004 14:11, Tony Pitman wrote: > Gavin, > > Ok, so why then do I get the same error when I try to start Dillo? > Shouldn't it start up whatever it needs? Do I need to installed the > x-window-system also?
X apps won't 'automatically start' anything - they will expect there to be an already-running X environment i.e. it expects there to be an env variable called DISPLAY which points to an X server. e.g. on a typical workstation this is "DISPLAY=:0" meaning the first running X instance on the local machine. x-window-system is a Debian metapackage which drags in all the fonts, binaries and helper files that XFree86 needs to run, talk to your graphics card, deal with a mouse and keyboard, and provide X server facilities :) There's also the lighter 'x-window-system-core' but I have never used this... After installing it, you might be able to get away with as little as 'startx' to get things going with a simple window manager. xterm will be the next thing you need. And solid advice - Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will instantly kill the X server in case you get lost :) Cheers, Gavin.
