Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!milton!ogicse!intelhf!ichips!iwarp.intel.com!inews!tmcconne From: tmcconne@ecoed6.intel.COM (Tom McConnell) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: xmh question Message-ID: <3450@inews.intel.com> Date: 25 Mar 91 19:09:13 GMT References: <9103221858.AA17196@aslss01.asl.dl.nec.com> Sender: news@inews.intel.com Reply-To: tmcconne@berger.intel.com Organization: Intel Corporation, MicroComponents in the desert Lines: 45 In article <9103221858.AA17196@aslss01.asl.dl.nec.com>, ekberg@asl.dl.nec.COM (Tom Ekberg) writes: |> An associate of mine is trying to use xmh on a Sun SPARCstation and isn't able |> to get started. The bugs section of the man page contains the following: |> |> - Should determine by itself if the user hasn't used MH |> before, and offer to create the .mh_profile, instead of |> hanging on inc. |> |> This leads me to believe that this file must be present to get it to work |> properly. |> |> The problem is that he always gets the message "execvp failed" in a popup |> window. Well, that's not quite true; the `exit' command works just fine. Is |> there some way to get around this error? |> |> -- tom, ekberg@asl.dl.nec.com (x3503) In the man page for xmh it says: If you do not already have a .mh_profile, you can create one (and everything else you need) by typing ``inc'' to the shell. You should do this before using xmh to incorporate new mail. This seemed to work for me, I hope it helps. -- Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom McConnell | Internet: tmcconne@berger.intel.com | Intel, Corp. | If I had something to say, I would say it, right? 5000 W. Chandler Blvd. | C3-21 | The opinions expressed are my own. No one in Chandler, AZ 85226 | their right mind would claim them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom McConnell | Internet: tmcconne@berger.intel.com | Intel, Corp. | If I had something to say, I would say it, right? 5000 W. Chandler Blvd. | C3-21 | The opinions expressed are my own. No one in Chandler, AZ 85226 | their right mind would claim them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------