On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:03:31 +0100 Mick Crane <mick.crane at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > While I was ssh'd into my PC from vista I wondered if I had installed > scribus already. "scribus --version" returned error > No Xserver found on localhost > Starting Xming on vista > "scribus --version " returns 3 helpful links followed by the version > > I know I wouldn't use scribus without X but why is it necessary to > check for an Xserver just to print the version ? > > Cheers > > Mick Apparently Scribus checks for the X gui first, and then interprets its command parameters. If I activate a terminal session on my KDE gui then I get the version etc. when I type scribus -version. But from a true command line I just get the X warning. I suspect operating from an ssh is the culprit. I thought all the Vista users drowned on the Titanic. My laptop came with Vista and I couldn't wait to replace it with a more sensible version of Windoze as well as a hard disk install of Knoppix. but to each their own. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
