Hi Frank;

        Thanks for your quick answer. I've never installed X windows. For
now, I am going to install one.

        What is the difference between window manager and X windows. Do I
have to install X windows and then window manager or window manager means X
windows ?

        Thank you.
        Alan Tam

Frank Smith wrote:

> 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

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