[2492] in RedHat Linux List
Re: exmh-1.6.9, xdm, MetroX, RH4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Sun Nov 3 18:33:54 1996
To: Wes Parker <wesp@ennui.ioa.com>
cc: exmh-users@sunlabs.eng.Sun.COM, redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Nov 1996 21:37:36 EST."
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Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 18:31:52 -0600
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96
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> Subject:exmh-1.6.9, xdm, MetroX, RH4.0
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> I've been running exmh on a Slackware Linux distribution for some time now.
> Last week, I upgraded my system to RedHat 4.0, running kernel 2.0.23. I am
> also using the MetroX X server. The RedHat distribution included exmh-1.6.7,
> and I had been running 1.6.9, so instead of installing the rpm I d/l a copy
> from Bruce's site and installed it.
>
> I use xdm and fvwm. I have a button set up to bring up exmh. When I try to
> access exmh via the button, exmh tries to start up, and seems to hang after I
> see "Starting: /usr/local/bin/exmh-bg" on the status line. If I click on a
> folder, I get an error box with the message:
>
> couldn't execute "scan": no such file or directory
> while executing
> "open "|$mhProfile(scan-proc) +$F last:$ftoc(scanSize)
> -width $ftoc(scanWidth)""
> invoked from within
> "set input [open "|$mhProfile(scan-proc) +$F last:$ftoc(scanSize)
> (other stuff cut for brevity),
>
> and when I dismiss that dialogue box, I see "tkerror: couldn't execute "scan":
> no suc ..." on the status line.
>
> BUT...
>
> I can immediately go to an xterm session, execute exmh, and the program runs
> with no problems.
>
> I'm sure that this is something stupid, like a path screwed up somewhere, but
> I can't seem to find it. The .profile and .bashrc that load with the shell
> don't set any paths. I do that in .xsession. I'm not an X-god, so there's
> probably something I'm missing, but I don't have a clue where to look. Any
> ideas?
>
You probably have to put the "mh" directory in your path. In RedHat it
is /usr/lib/mh. Hopefully, your exmh is able to work with this
setup. I did not tell us if you are using MH coming with RedHat or
some other one.
So try setting
PATH=/usr/lib/mh:$PATH
export PATH
in .xsession.
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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