[GRASSLIST:3271] Re: tcltk&

[Glynn Clements]

Richard Greenwood wrote:

> > I am running an up-to-date XP Pro box, and I've downloaded all the
> > components of Cygwin. The version of GRASS I've installed is 5.0.3 i686
> > cygwin. The error message is generated after grass5 seems to load OK then I
> > type in . tcltkgrass5. The "Error in startup script" box then pops up with
> > "/usr/XIIR6/bin/xwininfo: unable to open display".
> 
> Be sure that you are using the GRASS specific version of Tcl/Tk, not the 
> Cygwin version. If you have installed the Cygwin Tcl/Tk, uninstall it 
> and then get xtcltk-8.3.4-CYGWIN.tar.gz from:
> http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/windows_cygnus/wingrass_xserver/
> and unpack it in the root of your Cygwin installation (e.g. C:/Cygwin/).

Also, note that you need an X server in order to use tcltkgrass, and
DISPLAY must be set appropriately. If you run GRASS from an xterm,
DISPLAY should be set automatically.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>