On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > When I am looking for the manpages of an X11-related topic as a user, I > get an error message. The same does not happen when I do it as root. > > eg. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](2)$ man xkeycaps > No manual entry for xkeycaps > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](3)$ apropos xterm > xterm: nothing appropriate. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](10)$ apropos xterm > resize (1x) - set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window > size > xterm (1x) - terminal emulator for X
I suspect you're setting your MANPATH environment variable. MANPATH doesn't get set by default, if you want to add a directory, the proper way is: export MANPATH=/new/dir/here:`manpath` -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
