hey mark, nice to catch up with you again, however, wny not try downloading and installing trplayer from the speakup ftp site at ftp://linux-speakup.org in the /pub/linux/goodies/trplayer directory. hth. On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:06:48PM +1000, mark muscat wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:04:47 +1000 (EST) > From: mark muscat <mmuscat@bigpond.net.au> > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: re: assistance required. can't open display message. > > Hello: > I am getting the following error message ocasionally when I am trying to > install package in particular the realplayer package. > error: can't open display. > I am prity sure that I compiled the VGA mode into the kernel which happens > to be 2.4.5 under slackware 8.0. > I am not sure if this is a X-windows problem and if so how can I avoid it. > I seem to recall that this was the same error message that came up when I > attempted to install and setup X-windows itself. Is there any good > documentation for blind users that will allow us to set up X-Windows? > > I would appreciate any assistance. > thanks and regards > > Mark Muscat > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Shaun Oliver It's multiple choice time... What is FORTRAN? a: Between thre and fiv tran. b: What two computers engage in before they interface. c: Ridiculous. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list