Hmmm...I tried that. It didn't seem to do it - i still get the same error. Any other ideas? On Jan 27, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Adrian Simmons wrote: > Christina Huggins wrote: >> /opt/local/bin/gimp > Is that where gimp is? Usually Fink installs things in /sw, > although you may have darwinports installed and have gimp installed > with that? > >> (Note that I can open gimp fine through an x terminal like >> aterm.) Does anyone have a clue as to what might be going on? > The usual advice is to edit your bash profile (assuming you're > using Tiger and the default shell), which can be found at > ~/.profile and add the following (assuming you have both fink and > darwinports installed): > > # set up the path for fink and darwinports > if [ -f /sw/bin/init.sh ] > then > . /sw/bin/init.sh > fi > > if [ -f /opt/local/bin/port ] > then > append_path PATH /opt/local/bin > append_path MANPATH /opt/local/share/man > fi > > > And this to make X11 apps launch from terminal, set the display: > > [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && export DISPLAY=':0.0' > > > HTH > > -- > adrinux (aka Adrian Simmons) <http://adrinux.perlucida.com> > e-mail <mailto:adrinux at gmail.com> > _______________________________________________ > X-Unix mailing list > X-Unix at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-unix > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984