FVWM: [themes] can't open DISPLAY

From: Nikolaj G. <damn_you_alexis_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 16:06:28 +0000

Hi, so its weekend and Im going for the final round - to make the themes
work.
System: RedHat 7.0, have fvwm-2.4.0 from source, fvwm-themes-base-0.5.0
and fvwm-themes-extra-0.5.0.tar.gz from

 
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1738&release_id=47495

I made

  1. configure
  2. make

, as local user and

  make install

, as root.


Result:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fvwm-themes is successfully installed.
        themes and data: in /usr/local/share/fvwm
        shell scripts: in /usr/local/bin
Put fvwm-themes-start as the last command of
.Xclients/.xinitrc/.xsession
==============================================================================

Then I made this as root:
/usr/local/bin/fvwm-themes-config --site --install
../fvwm-themes-extra-0.5.0.tar.gz

Result:
Theme awol is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme blackbox is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme brushedmetal is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme mech is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme nanogui is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme osx is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme spruce is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Theme unsafe is successfully installed in /usr/local/share/fvwm

Installation of fvwm-themes-extra-0.5.0 is completed
now "Refresh with no cache" and have fun ...



, ok, so base and themes-extra are installed with the same user, namely
root. So I stop Fvwm2 and run directly (as root)
/usr/local/bin/fvwm-themes-start and get this error:

[FVWM-Themes]: Starting Fvwm under th emain fvwm-themes session.
[FVWM][main]: <<error>> Can't open DISPLAY

, I get the same error, when I try as local user. Also I tried to "make
install" as local user, but then I have to make a lot of "chown" of

/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/share/man/man1

etc can't remember the rest, is that right?
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Received on Sun Sep 02 2001 - 09:03:17 BST

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