[Fink-beginners] I know I must be getting close...

[Mike Holley]

This is the error I got when I tried to launch Gnome via xwindows.

2002-04-23 18:22:40.936 XDarwin[20745]
XDarwin 1.1
Running in parallel with Mac OS X Quartz window server.

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 18 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
Display mode: Full screen Quartz
Screen 0 added: 1280x1024 @ (0,0)
cat: /Users/bruce/.Xauthority: No such file or directory

waiting for X server to shut down Quitting XDarwin...

This is what happen when I was root. I had just added exec in front of the gnome session command, as Chia Hung suggested.

2002-04-23 18:27:06.172 XDarwin[20764]
XDarwin 1.1
Running in parallel with Mac OS X Quartz window server.

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 18 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
Display mode: Full screen Quartz
Screen 0 added: 1280x1024 @ (0,0)
cat: /var/root/.Xauthority: No such file or directory
dyld: /usr/X11R6/bin/enlightenment can't open library: /usr/local/lib/libdl.dylib (No such file or directory, errno = 2)

waiting for X server to shut down Quitting XDarwin...