Re: Starting xconsole R6

[Mark Constable <markc@ion.com.au>]

Stephen Early wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Robert Kantor wrote:
> > I am having a problem bringing up any Xclient applications.  Upon start
...

> When you start xdm, the X server starts and the login window is
> displayed. When you enter your username and password, the login window
> disappears and an xterm with a shell starts. When you type 'xconsole' at
> this shell, you get the error you mentioned.
...

I'm using v1.1 and trying to get a "clean" ELF system so I'm not running an
a.out (COFF?) compat kernel or module, more by accident than design, so I'm
in a better position to upgrade an online "production" system when 1.1 is out.

# file /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview
/usr/X11R6/bin/xosview: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
# xosview &
[1] 3024
# Can't open display named

# xkeycaps &
[1] 3042
# Error: Can't open display:

# xedit &
[1] 3066
# Error: Can't open display:
 
I suspect this is a lib mismatch issue rather than a.out v ELF. I'd really like
to also use the 3d athena widgets but there seems to be two libs:

# ll /usr/X11R6/lib/*aw*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Feb 27 22:57 \
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so->libXaw.so.6.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Feb 23 15:14 \
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6->libXaw.so.6.0
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       260903 Feb  1 07:34 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.0
...

/usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d:
total 3
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Feb 29 07:42 libXaw.so.6 -> libXaw.so.6.0
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         2936 Jan 23 06:20 libXaw.so.6.0

2936 bytes !?

Also, xedit sucks, has anyone done xed ? I'm after any half decent editor for
x other than x-emacs, like, something with a GUI interface, like Notepad for win31,
(says he, as he bolts out the door and runs like hell... :)

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