[GRASS5] can't start mon under WinGeneric but can under X11, again...

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:38:36AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Jeff D. Hamann wrote:
> 
> > ./configure --without-gd --without-odbc --without-fftw --without-postgres --
> > without-opengl --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib
> 
> >  and then make...
> > 
> > 
> > I then ran make install and tried to run grass 5.0.3. When I attempted to
> > start a graphics window, I got the following:
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------
> > GRASS:~ > d.mon start=x0
> > No socket to connect to for monitor <x0>.
> > Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
> > No socket to connect to for monitor <x0>.
> > GRASS:~ >
> > 
> > The graphics window works when I run from an X Window session, but I would
> > like to only run the generic build (not the X version, since this will be
> > run on a Windoze XP machine and having two window managers running is a bit
> > unsightly, but...)
> > 
> > Am I configuring the build correctly?
> 
> No; you need to use --enable-w11 for the "generic" version. And
> there's no point specifying --x-includes or --x-libraries in that
> case.
> 
> AFAICT, you can install both the X11 and W11 ("generic") versions of
> XDRIVER (obviously, they can't both be called XDRIVER.exe, so one of
> them has to renamed), and modify etc/monitorcap, e.g.:
> 
> 	x0:driver/XDRIVER:X-windows graphics display: \
> 	     dev/fifo.1a dev/fifo.1b \
> 	     ::any terminal
> 	x1:driver/XDRIVER:X-windows graphics display: \
> 	     dev/fifo.2a dev/fifo.2b \
> 	     ::any terminal
> [snip]
> 	w0:driver/WINDRIVER:Windows graphics display: \
> 	     dev/fifo.1a dev/fifo.1b \
> 	     ::any terminal
> 	w1:driver/WINDRIVER:Windows graphics display: \
> 	     dev/fifo.2a dev/fifo.2b \
> 	     ::any terminal
> 
> and use e.g. "d.mon start=x0" or "d.mon start=w0" depending on which
> you want to use. This won't work with anything which has the x0/x1/... 
> monitor names hardcoded (primarily tcltkgrass, but then tcltkgrass
> only works with X in any case).
>

As far as I remember you additionally need to run
d.mon select=x0

(even of that error above occurs).

Markus