A newbie terminal question and a XDarwin question

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ethanS

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Hi everyone .. i am running MacOSX 10.2.3 ... did the installation for xfree4.1.0 ... and created the ~/Library/init/tcsh/path file ... and copied the xinitrc file to ~ ...

when i clicked on XDarwin to start XServer up ... i get the X icon ... then the green clock ... and after a while more .. XDarwins closes ... funnie ...

when i try starting it from terminal .. i get startx: command not found .. i recon that the path was not set for /usr/X11R6/bin ... but i did ...

pls help ... thanx
 
It sounds like one of the programs called by your xintrc is not being found. I'd suggest you take a look at xinitrc, particularly for the programs that it starts, then check that you have them there. For instance, to check you have xterm, type xterm at the prompt to see if it finds the app.

It may be that your path is not set correctly. Check your path variable by typing 'set' at a command prompt.
 
Thanx fer the reply ... tried looking for Xterm and could not really find it ... probably i need to slowly look through the file again ...

In the meantime about the path, I tried typing

setenv PATH "${PATH}:usr/X11R6/bin"

on the prompt, and it seamed to have set the path. But if i use the path file in ~/Library/init/tcsh ... it doesnt work ... do I have to put a link to that file in another file that will automatically call it ?

thanx again ... cheers
 
Hi all, finally solved the problem,

Went to the XonX sourceforge home to get the binaries which will handle all the work and installed it instead. Work like a beauty now.

So for all those whom are in trouble, drop by the homepage at

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xonx

and get the latest binaries which will have the install anywhere feature. At the moment of writing, the latest binary is 4.2.1.1. However you will have to install 4.2.0.1 and 4.2.0.

Good luck all.

p/s: still curious on how to set the path right... =c)
cheers everyone
 
Hi Ethan,

I had used the XonX pakage installation but wanted to set the path too (for X as well as some other binaries), I'm also a newbie but I have been digging into the path issue so may have some useful info:

I think 10.2.3 defaults to the csh (?), look at /private/etc/csh.login where you can just add to the existing paths.

In this way I added /usr/local/bin and usr/X11R6/bin (sudo pico or other text editor) to my path, all is working well.

Erik
 
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