Please help!
I installed Fink OK without any trouble as well as some other stuff and
libraries BUT I also installed a couple of games :-)
They seemed to install OK but they don't launch! when I try to launch
them I get the "Error: Can't open display" message...
I am talkin about xlincity and xf
You probably are trying to start them from Apple's Terminal.
Try typing this
setenv DISPLAY :0.0
and see if it works.
You might want to add that line to your .cshrc so you don't have to do
it all the time.
What does everyone else say?
Paul
On Tuesday, Dec 10, 2002, at 19:35 America/Santia
Hi,
A maybe stupid question: do you have xfree86 (aka Xdarwin) installed?
Those programs (games) need a X server and cannot run on the aqua (os
x) desktop.
Cheers,
Remi
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 03:36 PM, Individual . . wrote:
You probably are trying to start them from Apple's Term
The calls to X cannot find a defined and instantiated display device.
Three possible reasons:
1. Have you installed xfree86? read the FAQ section on the web site
regarding this.
2. Do you have a shell variable DISPLAY defined in your .tcshrc file in
your home
directory (assuming you use tcsh a
