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Failed sanity check in fluxbox ./configure

I swear I'm just going to stop trying to install stuff. I heard someone say something once about FluxBox and that it's much faster than Gnome. So I figured I'd give it a shot. I then got this. Does anybody know what a sanity check is and why I failed it (go figure :))

Code:

[scuzzy@localhost fluxbox-0.0.14] $ ./configure

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking whether build environment is sane... yes

checking for gawk... gawk

checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... no

checking for suffix of executables... 

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed

checking for style of include used by make... GNU

checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3

checking for g++... no

checking for c++... no

checking for gpp... no

checking for aCC... no

checking for CC... no

checking for cxx... no

checking for cc++... no

checking for cl... no

checking for FCC... no

checking for KCC... no

checking for RCC... no

checking for xlC_r... no

checking for xlC... no

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no

checking whether g++ accepts -g... no

checking dependency style of g++... none

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld

checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes

checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r

checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all

checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... failed

checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp

configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

[scuzzy@localhost fluxbox-0.0.14] $

Ok, Never mind. I got it working, apparently I hadn't installed Gcc-c++
But a new problem has arisen. I go to a command line by logging out of KDE, and type:

Code:

[scuzzy@localhost ~] $ fluxbox

ReadFile::ReadFile:: Cannot connect to X server

Fluxbox: Unknown Error

[scuzzy@localhost ~] $ startx -fluxbox

that final line started X, but started it in IceWM (REALLY didn't expect that)

Any Ideas anyone?

Where in the world did you get a 0.0.14 source? :)
0.1.14 is "current stable" ...

Cheers,
Tink

Quote:

Originally posted by scuzzman
Ok, Never mind. I got it working, apparently I hadn't installed Gcc-c++
But a new problem has arisen. I go to a command line by logging out of KDE, and type:

Code:

[scuzzy@localhost ~] $ fluxbox ReadFile::ReadFile:: Cannot connect to X server Fluxbox: Unknown Error [scuzzy@localhost ~] $

Any Ideas anyone?

You can't run a window manager like that ...

Go to /etc/X11/xinit
and copy e.g. xinitrc.kde to xinitrc.flux
and change the last line to read
exec fluxbox...

Cheers,
Tink

Yea, sorry. That was definitely a typo. I have the 0.1.14 source

hmm...
I don't have an xinitrc.kde
I have these:

Code:

[scuzzy@localhost xinit] $ ls -a

./ ../ fixkeyboard* Xclients* XIM* xinitrc*

[scuzzy@localhost xinit] $

the xinitrc, is that the file you're talking about? when don't I have one for KDE, or for Gnome for that matter?

Code:

[scuzzy@localhost xinit]$ cat xinitrc

#!/bin/sh

# (c) 2000-2002 MandrakeSoft

# $Id: xinitrc-xinitrc,v 1.2 2002/09/10 05:53:43 flepied Exp $



# Set a background here because it's not done anymore

# in Xsesion for non root users

if [ "`whoami`" != root ]; then

    xsetroot -solid "#21449C"

fi



exec /etc/X11/Xsession $*

[scuzzy@localhost xinit]$

DOH. Yet another thing that Mandrake tweaked
beyond recognition :)

Sorry, not familiar with how it's set-up in your
distro of choice.

Cheers,
Tink