All you may need is to set an environment variable. For sh and bash, export DISPLAY=":0.0" for csh setenv DISPLAY :0.0
That tells it which display (screen) to open the xconfig window on. This is assuming you already have Xwindows up and running, otherwise you can't use xonfig. Frank --On Sunday, December 06, 1998, 10:26 PM +1200 Alan Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all; > > How to run a ' make xconfig ' ? > > I have installed the base of Debian 2.0.34 and tcl8.0, > tcl8.0-dev, tk8.0, tk8.0-dev. When I do a ' make xconfig ' it runs > untill finally comes > to an error ( see attached log file ) > What packages do I need for the proper 'make xconfig ' to run ? > > I have tried ' make config ' and ' make menuconfig ' both runs > fine. > > Thanks in advance. > > Alan Tam