Subject: Re: startx
To: Marc Warne <marc@alphapro.demon.co.uk>
From: David <dmf20@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/06/1998 22:02:21
> OK - I just done that. I think it just created a new file called 'X11R6'. Is
> it supposed to do that?
It is indeed. This is the symbolic link. If you cd to /usr/X11R6, you'll
find that you're effectively in the /usr/X11R6.3 directory, although it
appears to be called something else.
> Hmm...I'm certain joe was installed with my other sets...but typing 'joe'
> makes a 'joe: Command not found' error :-(
Try jmacs as the actual command name - that's what I use. I'm not quite
sure how it's all supposed to hang together, but it appears to work.
> Sorta did...X still won't run though! For some reason, when I type
> 'bin/startx' in the '/usr/X11R6.1' directory, it says 'xinit: Command
> not found'. Hmmm....
Try typing startx in your home directory (cd ~ to get to it). If you then
get 'startx: Command not found', as I suspect you will then this is
because /usr/X11R6/bin needs to be added to you PATH variable. To do this
you need to edit a file depending on which shell you are using. If you're
using bash, then it's .profile that you want. If you're using csh, then
it's .cshrc. (Both in your home directory.) There should be a line
specifying the PATH variable. Just add /usr/X11R6/bin to that line,
noting that each part of the PATH variable is separate by a :
Then logout and log back in again to force the changes to be read in, and
you should be okay. (Hopefully!)
Hope this helps,
David Forbes.
PS - If this doesn't work then you'd probably be best reinstalling all the
X sets.