[linux-help] Re: Redhat RPM help

["gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

startx is the way to start x... : ^ )  type 'echo $PATH' and make sure
/usr/X11R6/bin is listed, otherwise bash or whatever shell you're using
won't be able to find the startx script...  also, do a 'locate startx' to
double-check that startx is installed...  if it's not, you will probably
have to reinstall X...

gLaNDix

<<< lloydix.2y.net FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Jul 5 06:16:31 CDT 2001 
glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LLOYDIX >>>


On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Bruce Bales wrote:

>
> Yes, I was trying to run wmaker from the command line.  I made the change to 
> .xinitrc and still get the same.  Full text is:
>     wmaker warning: Xserver doesn't support locale
>     wmaker warning: cannot set locale modifiers
>     wmaker Fatal error: could not open display ""
>
> If I run .xinitrc, I get the same as running wmaker.
>
> I tried startx and got   "command not found"
>
> I looked at startx on another (gnome/kde) machine, it is 1430 bytes of bash 
> that I don't understand.
>
> stumped,
> bruce
>
> "gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" wrote:
>
> > ok, i'm assuming you ran wmaker from the commandline...  what you need to
> > do instead is edit your ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession file and add the line:
> >
> > exec /usr/local/bin/wmaker
> >
> > where "/usr/local/bin" should be replaced w/ the path to wherever wmaker
> > resides (find out by 'which wmaker').  then, you can safely comment out
> > (add a "#" at the beginning) any other lines starting w/ "exec"...
> >
> > good luck!
> > gLaNDix
> >
> > <<< lloydix.2y.net FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Jul 5 06:16:31 CDT 2001 
> > glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LLOYDIX >>>
> >
> > On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Bruce Bales wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Some progress.  I went to rpmfind.net as Jesse suggested and eventually 
> > > found and
> > > RPMed 17 required RPM files from the cdrom.  The final one was 
> > > WindowMaker.  I then
> > > ran wmaker.inst.  It installed, but something is still missing.  wmaker 
> > > still says
> > > "fatal error - could not open display."
> > >
> > > All the docs say windowmaker is a window manager and as such I assume 
> > > there must be
> > > an Xwindows program to manage.  Do I have to install KDE or Gnome to use
> > > windowmaker?  Or is there something smaller than KDE or Gnome?
> > >
> > > Don't have a lot of space left on the 340MB disk.
> > >
> > > bruce
> > >
> > > "gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > The prereq's rpm (the program) lists when you try to 'rpm -ivh
> > > > whatever.rpm' are usually files within another package (rpm) that are
> > > > required to install the packge in question...  for instance, Window 
> > > > Maker
> > > > is dependant on libPropList...  rather than saying "Window Maker is
> > > > dependant on libPropList-0.8.0-i386.rpm" (i just made up the version,
> > > > since i'm not sure of the recent release), it will most likely say that
> > > > WM is dependant on libPropList.so.2 or something a little more abstract
> > > > on more complex libraries...
> > > >
> > > > the easiest thing to do to get the RPMs that the prereq's are included 
> > > > in
> > > > is searching on rpmfind.net for "libPropList.so.2" or whatever it 
> > > > lists...
> > > > it should find the .rpm file you need to download and install...
> > > >
> > > > you also might want to search on freshmeat.net for rpm or gnorpm which
> > > > will find some great GUI programs for installing RPMs...  works very 
> > > > well,
> > > > and some (like RPMDrak in Mandrake GNU/Linux) will actually tell you 
> > > > which
> > > > rpms are required and offere to download/install them for you...
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps...  feel free to ask again if this doesn't clarify
> > > > anything... it's been quite a while since i've used RH and i've just
> > > > recently switched to FreeBSD, so I hope I didn't get my wires crossed 
> > > > when
> > > > replying! : ^ )
> > > >
> > > > gLaNDix
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Bruce Bales wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I need help on an RPM problem.
> > > > > I am trying to rpm WindowMaker into a small system I have installed 
> > > > > RH 6.2 on.
> > > > >
> > > > > rpm -ivh WindowMaker provides me with a list of prerequisites - files 
> > > > > that
> > > > > windowmaker needs - starting with wmconfig (which is an rpm file) and 
> > > > > the rest
> > > > > of them lib*.so.0 files like libaudiofile.so.0 and libesd.so.0.
> > > > >
> > > > > Running rpm -ivh wmconfig gives me anothe list of lib*.so.0 files.
> > > > >
> > > > > Since these files are not rpm files, I can't install them using rpm.  
> > > > > I have
> > > > > copied them from the cdrom to various places on the disk and rpm -ivh
> > > > > WindowMaker still gives me the same list of files needed.
> > > > >
> > > > > I looked at another RH 6.2 system and copied some of the files to the 
> > > > > location
> > > > > of those with the same name - no good.
> > > > >
> > > > > I copied some to a directory that is in my PATH, thinking redhat 
> > > > > would look
> > > > > there - no good.
> > > > >
> > > > > Where can I copy these files to such that redhat can find them and 
> > > > > complete the
> > > > > install?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > bruce
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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