On 2/8/07, Denver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rodney Myers <rdmyers.42 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > On Feb 8, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Denver wrote:
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I am a new user to Fink...I installed Gaim to my Mac by command apt-
> > > get install
> > > gaim, the installation succeed but, I don't know how to run it from
> > > my computer.
> >
> > Just guessing here, but.
> >
> > from a shell, type /sw/bin/gaim, and it "should" run
> >
> > ---
> > Rodney D. Myers <rdmyers.42 <at> gmail.com>
> > Registered Linux User #96112
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> >          Ben Franklin - 1759
> >
> >

>
> Hey Rodney,
>
> First of all, thank you very much for your quick reply, following your
> instruction, I type what you told me in my shell, but the system reply me with
>
>
> (gaim:801): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_name: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY
> (display)' failed
>
> ** (gaim:801): WARNING **: cannot open display: unset
>
>
> Could you please tell me what's wrong with that?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Denver
>
>
>
>
>

It appears taht you ran it from an OS X Terminal window.  You need to
have X11 running first.

Unless you're using Apple's X11, in which case you can use

open-x11 gaim

which will start X11, then gaim.
-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
(akh)
Fink Documenter (still)

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