> the xmkmf stuff is probably not relevant to you, as X.Org have moved away
> from the Imake build system to one based on autotools (to check this see
> if you have an "xmkmf" command). If this is true then the fixed search
> path of places should be used to locate X11 (this in fact what happens
> under FC5, the list is in _AC_PATH_X_DIRECT).
I do have an xmkmf command.
> Yes they should, but try removing the cache first.
Ah, of course. I'll give that a try.
> > For reference, I've installed X development files with the following
> > packages:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
>
> OK, as I said I suspect you don't have enough of the X11 development
> system installed (and the finding of the include & lib directories is a
> red-herring) and configure cannot actually build an X11 program. For
> instance, peering at the Ubuntu package lists, you will probably also need
> libxt-dev as well, plus some others, so I'd recommend installing
> "xorg-dev", which looks much more comprehensive.
>
> While playing around like this it's best try to build something concrete,
> like GWM, by hand and add in things as they become clear.
I kept away at this some more yesterday and ended up installing xorg-dev
and xlibs-dev which also gave me libxt-dev. I continued to get the same
behaviour.
Ed
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