Actually, you just have to create a startup file in your home directory. Check out
http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/run-xfree86.php#xinitrc . It even tells you how to run GNOME! On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 15:24, John Demboski wrote: > Hello Fink-beginners, > > I am new to UNIX/Darwin, but would like to use a few of the available > programs (i.e., GRASS) for my research. I just downloaded and > installed FINK, xfree86-base, x-free86rootless, and Sawfish > "successfully" on my Titanium G4 running OS10.2.2. I get the green > Xterm window etc. to run but my problem is that I can't get Sawfish > (and eventually GNOME) to run. I guess I need to override the start-up > of the default window manager that comes packaged with xfree86? To do > this I am guessing that I need to edit the .init file for xDarwin? or > is there some other way? > > Could someone point me in the right direction? I have looked all over > the web (FINK, Sawfish, GNOME, web sites etc.) that last few days and > couldn't find anything (or I didn't recognize it). > > Any help with also getting GNOME to run would be appreciated. > > thanks in advance > John Demboski > > > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
