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

[Steve Quezadas]

Thanks.  it worked. I posted the solution up on my blog so it will be 
searchable in google.

- Steve


On 4/18/2010 11:57 AM, Taylor R Campbell 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.
>