On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 09:34:44AM -0500, Will Maier wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:21:16AM +1000, atstake atstake wrote:
> > I just installed wmii window manager on 4.1 on i386 but when I try
> > to start by typing "wmii" it says -
> > 
> > "wmiiwm: cannot open display"
> > 
> > However, I can start fvwm fine by typing "startx" in the console. And
> > /usr/X11R6/bin in my $PATH
> 
> xinit(1), startx(1); specifically, look at ~/.xinitrc.

Or, perhaps a bit less cryptic, you need to start X, and *then* start a
window manager. The above references mostly pertain to the 'then start a
window manager' part.

                Joachim

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