X11.app isn't working because you are now missing some extra libraries after you installed XDarwin. There was a thread on (I believe) fink-users or possibly fink-beginners about how to copy the extra libraries over from an Apple X11 installation. -- 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 Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Nils Crompton wrote: > Thanks 4 the help. I edited my xinitrc file as follows: > > > if [ -f $userresources ]; then > > xrdb -merge $userresources > > fi > > > > if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then > > xmodmap $usermodmap > > fi > > > > # start some nice programs > > > > gnome-session > > Gnome runs very well now either by 'startx' in terminal.app or starting > XDarwin in full screen. X11(apple) stuffs up though. And I also get > the gnome menu under the OSX menu. Why no X11 apple. > > nils > > On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 11:56 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Birdy Complex wrote: > > > >>> From another loon: > >> > >> This is the same message I got when I was using one window manager > >> (twm) for X windows and another for Gnome (sawfish). > >> > >> Presuming that you are doing the same thing, I suggest doing the > >> following: > >> > >> Duplicate the file etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc so you have a backup. > >> Edit that file (sudo pico etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc). > >> Down near the bottom, it'll say: > >> twm & > >> xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & > >> Change twm to sawfish or whatever other window manager you wanna use. > > > > Actually, for GNOME, you can have > > > > gnome-session > > > > as the last line of xinitrc (no &), and don't call another window > > manager > > above it, because gnome-session calls sawfish by default. However, if > > you'd rather have another wm, then you can call it, e.g.: > > > > fvwm2 & > > gnome-session > > > > Alex > > > >> > >> > >> Currently, I use Apple's X11 and I believe it ignores this file, as it > >> always uses its own window manager (which I think is "quartz-wm"). > > > > Apple X11 should read your .xinitrc > > > >> > >> And then, to directly answer your question, I start Gnome with > >> gnome-session > >> but that's probably not the only way. > >> > >> hth, > >> Complex > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Nils Crompton wrote: > >> > >>> how do you start gnome? I installed 'DevTools Dec2002', then 'fink > >>> selfupdate-cvs' and 'fink update-all' then 'fink install > >>> bundle-gnome'. > >>> All A ok. But if I launch XDarwin and type 'gnome-session' or > >>> 'gnome-wm' in xterm it says: > >>> > >>> [nilsmac:~] nilscrompton% gnome-wm > >>> You may only run one window manager > >>> [nilsmac:~] nilscrompton% > >>> > >>> or.. > >>> > >>> [nilsmac:~] nilscrompton% gnome-session > >>> _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root > >>> SESSION_MANAGER=local/nilsmac.local.:/tmp/.ICE-unix/10848 > >>> You may only run one window manager > > <snip> > >>> > >>> I assume I am a total loon. > >>> > >>> nils > >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
