Re: Can't start mc without x windows

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Hello,


On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:43:04 -0400 "Technical Support" <support ocg ca> wrote:

>  
> I'm showing my ignore here but....
> 
> I installed that rpm with "rpm -iv mc-4.6.1a-0.15.src.rpm" but I can't find
> where it installed!  (so I can't compile it)...
> 
> Could you give a couple of newbie tips?

Look in /usr/src/redhat and subfolders maybe?

My 2 cts.


Regards,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jindrich Novy [mailto:jnovy redhat com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:34 AM
> To: Technical Support
> Cc: mc gnome org
> Subject: Re: Can't start mc without x windows
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 09:06 -0400, Technical Support wrote:
> > I just installed the latest midnight commander on Fedora Core 4, using 
> > the RPM.  All went great
> >  
> > I am ssh'd into my linux box.  When I run mc from the command line, it 
> > always tries to start an xwindows session.  Is there a way to force mc 
> > to run in console mode only?
> 
> Yes, add --without-x to the configure parameters in the spec file and
> recompile your src.rpm. Then it should work fine.
> 
> BTW. the latest devel mc in Fedora Core is compiled with this option
> already, so you can download it directly from:
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/SRPMS/mc
> -4.6.1a-0.15.src.rpm
> if you don't want to touch the spec file.
> 
> Jindrich
> 
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