On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Nico van Eikema Hommes wrote:


Well, In typical fashion the problem was keyboard to chair.  I had
forgotten to start x first....Silly me.....dang I hate being a newbie

]Thanks for the help

> 
>        Hi Greg,
> 
> >Figuring what the heck, I downloaded both mlvwm-0.7.0 and mlvwm-current
> >from the web page.  I read the README and followed the instructions as
> >follows:
> >xmkmf -a;
> >make
> >Everything went FANTASTICALY! (spelling??)
> >Anyway I then change directories into where the mlvwm binary was
> >(/mlvwm-0.7.0/mlvwm/) and typed ./mlvwm
> >I got the message as follows:
> >Can't open display
> >I was needless to say disappointed. :(  Not that I was really expecting it
> >to work, but I was hopeful that it would.  I am currently successfully
> >running the 1.2 dist with the madhatter#37 kernel in 800x600 mode with
> >xserver12, xcomp12, and xbase12.  I am using AfterStep 1.0pre5 for my
> >Window Manager without problems.  Anyone else decide to give this a try?
> 
> mlvwm is a "window manager" like twm, fvwm, AfterStep, etc. So it should be
> started once the X server is running. To use it (did you change all the
> private pathnames in the config file and the makefile to what you have on
> your machine? If not, do so and recompile. Also, don't forget to install
> all the icons), start X as usual, then quit AfterStep without shutting down
> X itself. This leaves you with just the window contents on the screen. In
> the console window, type the command "mlvwm &" and mlvwm should come up.
> 
> Of course, you can edit your .xinitrc, but I think it is a bit early for
> that.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
>         Nico van Eikema Hommes
> 
> --
>   Dr. N.J.R. van Eikema Hommes     Computer-Chemie-Centrum
>   hommes@ccc.uni-erlangen.de       Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
>   Phone:    +49-(0)9131-856532     Naegelsbachstr. 25
>   FAX:      +49-(0)9131-856566     D-91052 Erlangen, Germany
> 
> 
> 


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