Try reinstalling xfree86-rootless, since that's where the missing X comes from.
On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 01:41, Julian F.Woods wrote: > Thanks for that. These two commands give the following: > > [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% fink list -i xfree86 > Reading package info... > Information about 954 packages read in 17 seconds. > > (i) xfree86-base 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > (i) xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% fink list xfree86 > Reading package info... > Information about 954 packages read in 14 seconds. > > system-xfree86 4.2-5 Placeholder package for manually > installe... > (i) xfree86-base 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-base-sh 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > (i) xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% > > I seem to have the key xfree86 packages installed but they do not work > and as you see below, I don't have the 'X' in my path > (/usr/X11R6/bin/X). Does this mean that the install is faulty? Do I > need to install any of the others? > > On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 09:35 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > fink list -i xfree86 > > > > will show all of your installed xfree86 packages. > > > > fink list xfree86 > > > > will show all of the xfree86 packages. > > > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Julian F.Woods wrote: > > > >> I thought I installed both the base and 'rootless' but maybe not. I > >> don't recall the word 'threaded'. How do I check which version I have > >> installed? > >> > >> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 02:32 PM, Benjamin Reed wrote: > >> > >>> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 02:20 PM, Julian F.Woods wrote: > >>> > >>>> Many thanks. I tried the various options you suggested and this gave > >>>> me the following: > >>>> > >>>> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% printenv PATH > >>>> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/ > >>>> usr/ > >>>> X11R6/bin > >>>> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% startx -- -rootless > >>>> > >>>> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server > >>>> "/usr/X11R6/bin/X" in PATH > >>> > >>> When you say you installed xfree86 from dselect, which package > >>> exactly > >>> did you install? If it was one of Fink's xfree86-* packages, be > >>> warned that to run local X programs, you need *both* the base and > >>> rootless packages. IE, if you were installing the threaded X > >>> package, > >>> you would install xfree86-rootless-threaded (along with > >>> xfree86-base-threaded, and their shared libs), otherwise you would > >>> install xfree86-rootless (along with xfree86-base). > >>> > >>> If you *just* installed xfree86-base or xfree86-base-threaded, that > >>> would be your problem. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >>> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >>> http://www.vasoftware.com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Fink-beginners mailing list > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >> http://www.vasoftware.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Fink-beginners mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > > http://www.vasoftware.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-beginners mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
