Re: make xconfi

[ben <benfoley@rcn.com>]

On Thursday 31 January 2002 05:39 pm, Sheldon Lee-Wen wrote:
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> Hi,
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>  For some reason, I can't make xconfig. I'm running sid, w/ 2.4.17
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> I get the following error:
> cr595811-a:/usr/src/linux# make xconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts kconfig.tk
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
> cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk
> ./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk
> echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" >> kconfig.tk
> echo "set ARCH \"i386\"" >> kconfig.tk
> cat tail.tk >> kconfig.tk
> chmod 755 kconfig.tk
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
> wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk
> Application initialization failed: unknown color name "Black"
> Error in startup script: invalid command name ".ref"
>     while executing
> "$w configure $option"
>     (procedure "cget" line 2)
>     invoked from within
> "cget .ref -disabledforeground"
>     (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 1)
> make: *** [xconfig] Error 1
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the only time i've seen anything like this was when i once tried to run 
xconfig while i wasn't running x. a wild guess, but is it possible that the 
konsole you're working in is somehow unaware of x?

ben