Re: [MIT-Scheme-devel] "Can't find any usable display type"

[Chris Hanson]

Here's the list of package dependencies that must be installed when building:

    m4, autotools-dev, libssl-dev, libncurses5-dev, libx11-dev,
libxt-dev, libltdl-dev

And here are some optional packages that are needed for specific
purposes like crypto and databases:

    libmhash-dev, libmcrypt-dev, libgdbm-dev, libpq-dev, libdb-dev

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Taylor R Campbell <address@hidden> wrote:
>   Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:43:22 -0700
>   From: Steve Quezadas <address@hidden>
>
>   I just installed mit-scheme on my ubuntu hardy hardon system. I can't
>   load the edwin editor for some reason. This is the first time I tried to
>   load it, so I manually typed "(create-editor)" on the commandline and I
>   got this respone:
>    > 1 ]=> (create-editor)
>    >
>    > ;Can't find any usable display type
>    > ;To continue, call RESTART with an option number:
>    > ; (RESTART 1) => Return to read-eval-print level 1.
>
> Judging by the config.log you sent earlier, MIT Scheme found neither
> what it needs to use Xlib nor what it needs to use your local termcap
> implementation.  There should be packages called something like
> `x11-dev' and `ncurses-dev' (I don't know what their exact names are;
> I don't use Ubuntu) that enable Scheme to do this; install those and
> rebuild the microcode -- run `make clean all' in src/microcode/.
>
>   I try loading the editor manually, by typing "edit" and this is what I get:
>    > 1 ]=> edit
>    >
>    > ;Value 13: #[compiled-procedure 13 ("editor" #x1) #x1a #x14ba71a]
>
> You need to call the EDIT procedure in order for it to do anything.
>
>
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