It also seems that I have a .profile file with that test -r line in it, but I thought I had to use .cshrc for Tiger?
Hopefully someone out there has a simple solution to get this working properly? I'm just getting more confused right now... Thanks, -Matt On Fri, 12 May 2006, Matt Kozak wrote: > I tried adding the fink "test -r ..." line but it didn't change the $PATH > in X11 (other .xinitrc changes did take)? > Is there an errant space or character in there? > > As for the display export, I thought there was a reason that you did not > want to explicitly set that, but that must be my bad memory or based on > some other issue (will it do bad things to other things)? > > I also tried Alex's solution, for example: > xterm -ls > ...and it said "xterm Xt error: Can't open display:" > ...which, of course, is fixed after doing an "export DISPLAY=:0" > However, there must be a nice set of instructions for doing this > permanently? Perhaps the following: > 1) Edit .cshrc to export DISPLAY=:0 > (will this be bad to do, in general)? > 2) The next trick is the $PATH, which I somehow have to edit in .xinitrc - > anyone have any ideas on the best way to override the PATH without > breaking it on Tiger, and preferably without having to keep changing it > to match Terminal's whenever (if ever) that changes? > 3) When an X-app opens it sits there waiting for me to click the mouse > with the corner pointer - any way to get it to just open and not wait for > me to click the mouse to put the window somewhere? > > I normally use X11 great for ssh -X and -Y, but this local stuff is a bit > different. > > Sorry if this is way off-topic...? > > Thanks, > -Matt > > > On Fri, 12 May 2006, Christopher Bort wrote: > >> On 05/12/06 at 10:55, Matt Kozak wrote: >> >>> Fink has inserted the needed $PATH to Terminal, but not to X11. Can >>> anyone tell me how (or the "best" way) to make their paths identical so >>> that they can find the same stuff, especially fink's sw/ stuff? >> >> I don't know if it's the best way, but I've simply added the same line to >> my .xinitrc as the fink set-up script adds to you're shell's start-up >> script: >> >> test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh >> >>> If I figured out how to do this with Panther, I'm not sure how it may >>> be different on Tiger, if at all? Now that I think about it, I was >>> using X-Darwin on Panther, so maybe it's an Apple X11 thing? If I >>> run the stuff from Terminal, it acts like there's no X-environment. >>> Perhaps that's another issue entirely? >> >> You need to tell your shell what display to use (e.g., for bash you'd use >> something like `export DISPLAY=:0`). >> -- >> Christopher Bort >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> <http://www.thehundredacre.net/> >> > > Matthew Kozak > Systems Programmer/Administrator > -------------------------------- > Haskin Shellfish Research Lab > 6959 Miller Avenue > Port Norris, NJ 08349-3167 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 856-785-0074 x4325 > fax: 856-785-1544 > web: http://hsrl.rutgers.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > Matthew Kozak Systems Programmer/Administrator -------------------------------- Haskin Shellfish Research Lab 6959 Miller Avenue Port Norris, NJ 08349-3167 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 856-785-0074 x4325 fax: 856-785-1544 web: http://hsrl.rutgers.edu _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
