One suggestion that I'd make is not to edit /private/X11/xinit/xinitrc , but rather to copy it to your home directory as .xinitrc ; that way if you do something that interferes with X starting up, you have a functional one to use as a backup. Also, this enables other users (if you have any) to set things up to their liking.
-- 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 On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi fellow newbies and gurus, > > I too installed Apple's X11 and found that it had some good features and > things I missed. On my wife's iBook I installed Apple X11, but left XDarwin > installed--much to my surprise they coexisted just fine. I can't run both at > the same time, but I can run XDarwin in full screen mode, quit and then run > Apple X11 in rootless. Of course Apple's X11 redraws the screen much faster > than OroborOSX running XDarwin rootless. > > So, on one my own PowerBook I installed Apple's X11, the SDK, and then the > XFree86 installers in this order: XInstall_10.1, XFree86_4.2.0.1-10.2 and > XFree86_4.2.1.1. Finally, I put in a fresh new Fink installation and it all > seems to work fine. One last trick, I edited my > /private/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file (I think that if you eliminate "private" > in the path you will still get to the same place) to the following: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -------------------- > #!/bin/sh > # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $ > > userresources=$HOME/.Xresources > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources > sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap > > # merge in defaults and keymaps > > if [ -f $sysresources ]; then > xrdb -merge $sysresources > fi > > if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then > xmodmap $sysmodmap > fi > > if [ -f $userresources ]; then > xrdb -merge $userresources > fi > > if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then > xmodmap $usermodmap > fi > > # start some nice programs > > > exec xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0 -name login > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -------------------- > This is pretty much like the default, except I'm only starting one window and > NO window manager--the default window manager is twm and it is very basic. > This let's me start up XDarwin in full mode and pick my window manager once > XDarwin is running. I'm only using icewm right now, but this should probably > work with other window managers and desktop environments. > > I'm just a fellow newbie so maybe I'm doing a bad thing here. I just thought > I'd share this and hope that a guru will jump in here and offer any advice on > having Quartz, Apple X11 and XDarwin all on the same system. > > --Dan > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
