Re: Window Maker
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 05:26:40PM -0300, Ann Henderson wrote:
> /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: could not open display ""
>
> I get that when I type "wmaker" at my prompt. I've just configured my
> display, so I don't know how to save that as my WindowMaker default
> display. Any suggestions?
>
Are you typing this at in X? If you are not in X and try to run an application that requires it you will get an error like that.
To set your default window manager you need to edit ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession if you use XDM) the last line should be:
exec wmaker
Checkout XWindow-User-HOWTO.
HTH,
Jon
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