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 > > ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: > > 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 > > > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a > > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. > > 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
