Actually, you can't run OroborOSX without installing a full XFree86 sytem
(e.g. -base and -rootless).  OroborOSX supposedly uses a custom XDarwin,
but you still need to have xfree86-rootless installed.

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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Jonas Steverud wrote:

> John Marra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I got OroborOSX when I installed the Mac OS X version of Matlab (and
> > which doesn't yet work with 10.2, I'm told). I had previously
> > installed XDarwin, and now I've got two X's in my dock. Both work ok.
>
> Similar situation here, I've installed XFree86 from fink and then
> installed OroborOSX and it works nice. My only problem is that I now
> have two XFree86 on the system of which I don't use the fink
> one. Waste of harddrive. :-(
>
> The advantage of keeping fink's is that I don't have to manually fix
> dependacies (if I made a fake X11 package which pointed to OrobosOSX I
> have to update it every now and then to have the correct version
> string so dependencies are met, or?). Or have I misunderstood something?
>
> /Jonas, who would very much like to see a XFree86 version that
>         converts the X11 API calls to proper, native, Aqua and not
>         simulate them in a Aqua-lookalike WM.
> --
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