[comp.unix.aux] MacX for stand-alone A/UX 2.0

shaff@elements.rpal.com (Mike Shaff) (07/25/90)

ciao,

Installing MacX was surprisingly simple, until I realized that the appendix
that I was directed to did not contain the information I so sorely sought.

Page 2-7 of the MacX installation guide says:

	"Whether you plan to run MacX on a network or stand-alone system, you
	need to have a network kernel set up."

OK, no problem, page 2-8 continues:

	"Go to Appendix A, "Setting up a Network Kernel," for instructions
	about using the newconfig command to create an NFS (R) or a BNET (R)
	network kernel."

Appendix A states:

	"If you do not have an Ethernet (R) card, the system does not prompt
	you for any networking information and displays these messages
	instead:" 

	[Messages deleted]

I tried:

 newconfig nfs
 newconfig bnet

both with the same results.  When an X application is launched from the command
shell (e.g., xcalc&) it errors out with "Unable to open dream:0.0" (where dream
is the name of the local host).  The application MacX is up and running.

From the MacX application itself, the host dialog (from New Command...) can not
resolve the address of Dream.

Anyone have a clue what is needed to get MacX working on a stand-alone?

Thanks!

--
	mas

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