Subject: Re: X problems
To: Chris Min <gmt@earthlink.net>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/14/1996 04:24:08
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> Hi all,
> 
> I've installed X.11Mar95.tgz succesfully but I'm prompted the following message
> when I try installing Xmacbsd.950912.gz on the unix side.
> I type: cd /usr ; tar xzvpf Xmacbsd.950912.gz
> This is what prompted:
> tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive.
> tar: Skipping to next file header...
> and it comes back to the shell!
> Can someone please tell me where to get the tar file of Xmacbsd.950912
> 
It has been a while since I did this, but notice that the file doesn't have tar in its name, that it it doesn't end in .tar.gz or tgz.

Try;

gunzip Xmacbsd.950912.gz

and see if that works.

Also, there are newer versions of Xmacbsd. 

> After I startx I can't seem to get uwm to work.
> Also, when using xterm and xclock I get the following prompt:
> Command not found
> 
> 
How did you get X running if you couldn't uncompress the file?

Anyway, I haven't used uwm, but check your configuration file, might be something like .uwmrc in your home directory. You might have to modify it, or it might not be there at all.

xterm and xclock are in /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm and /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock

you might not have these set up in your path command in your shell config file.

Disclaimer: 
I don't know much more than you do, so some of this may be completely wrong :)

Brad
 
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