Re: how to make ferret 5.4 win32 work how win98?

["Kevin O'Brien" <kobrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Richard -

It's somewhat difficult to determine exactly what is going on with your setup.  The error you are getting does not appear to be X server related.  It looks more like perhaps there is
something wrong with your Ferret installation.  The message:

    ferret.sh: exec: bash: not found

means that the bash shell cannot be started up.  This is odd because the bash shell is part of the Ferret distribution.  I just attempted an install on a Windows 98 machine here, and
everything worked fine.

My suggestion for you would be to uninstall Ferret via the Add/Remove Programs, and then do a reinstall.   Check to make sure there aren't any errors which occur during the install,
such as not enough disk space, etc.

If you are still having the problem after doing this, please let me know.

Kevin


Richard Xia wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>    I am trying install the ferret v5.4 for win32,the plarform of mp PC is Win98,
> but it can't run, I have fixed the problem "* Error: Out of Environment Space" according to "readme.txt"
> I have start the X server,my x server is Compaq eXcursion.
> after doble click the ferret icon,what appear on screen is:
>
>   Too many parameters
> ******************Warning******************
> You must set your X server DISPLAY variable
> Use the Control Panel, double click on System, click
> on the Environment tab and add a DISPLAY variable.
>
> Or, set it at the bash command line before starting Ferret.
>
> See the README file for more information
>
> Setting DISPLAY variable to default value of ":0.0"
> *******************************************
>
> ************************************
> The HOME environment Variable was unset
> Setting HOME to C:\Program Files\TMAP
> ************************************
>
> ferret.sh: mount: command not found
> Available commands:
>     ferret
>     gksm2ps
>     finder (Windows version of Fgo, Fdata, etc.)
>
> Type help after starting ferret to load your default Web browser
> with the Ferret documentation home page
>
> ferret.sh: exec: bash: not found
>
>    I am using Win98 the after double click "system" icon in the control panel,there is no "Environment tab" in it,how can i set the  DISPLAY variable and  HOME environment Variable?
>
> Thanks for your early reply.
>
>             Richard Xia
>             richardxia@163.net

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Kevin O'Brien                   UW/JISAO
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