Benno, Thank you so much. You seem to have hit the nail on the head. I can't understand exactly what my problem was because I thought that had covered that one. I must have been doing something silly. Thorough test now to see if I can do better things. Regards, Colin
On Saturday 19 February 2005 12:08, Benno wrote: > On Sat Feb 19, 2005 at 12:03:01 +1100, Colin Carter wrote: > >Hi, > >Newbie, acquired 64 bit SuSE 9.1 late last year. > >I am up and running, and can compile and link a console C application, > >but cannot link with the X Window modules. > >I am getting unresolved messaged for functions like: > > > > TheDisplay = XOpenDisplay( "" ); > > XCloseDisplay( TheDisplay ); > > > >I have searched lots of international forums and posted questions onto > >SuSE lists without an answer. > >I often get the response "Why don't you use ... ?" > >After 41 years of programming I feel that I can say "I want to use X > > Window." > > > >I have searched my libraries and environment variables et cetera but, > >being new to Linux, I am (obviously) missing something. In "the good old > >days" one just set paths etc, but now there are often hidden, assumed > >bits of information such as environment entries. > >So, obviously, I cannot see what I am missing. > > > >I would appreciate it if somebody could give me a nice (simple?) list > >of things I should check. I was sent a sample programme, which runs on > >my PC, which compiles on my PC, but won't link (even with the make file > > sent). > > > >I've just arrived back in Australia and look forward to meeting up with > > you guys. Sorry that my son will be visiting over next W/E; looks > > interesting > > From memory I use -lX11, and -L/usr/X11R6/lib/. > > Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
