Re: [ng-spice] Compilation problem


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From Paolo Nenzi <pnenzi@ieee.ing.uniroma1.it>
Date Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:39:03 +0100 (CET)
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Orestes Mas i Casals wrote:

> In the compilation process of ng-spice, all has been done correctly,
> except one thing: When I start ng-spice in interactive mode, I get the
> message "external error: no graphics interface; please check compiling
> instructions".

Yes, it needs X for help and nutmeg.

> 
> Doing so, I've run the "configure" script with the option "--with-x",
> and the lib/ and include/ directories of the X-window system correctly
> set, but the "configure" script doesn't seem to find the X subsystem.

If ngspice compiles then he had found X. The error you have reported means
that ngspice was unable to find a "DISPLAY" for its graphical output.

> Am I doing something wrong? May I expect ng-spice to be an X
> application? (I've seen in your web that ng-spice is a command-line
> application; OK, but nutmeg is an X-window one, isn't it?)

ngspice is a text only application, but its output system (nutmeg) and its
old help system requires an X server, and they are used in the
interactive mode. 

I think you can safely ignore the message.

Paolo


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