On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 14:39, david craig wrote: > I'd like to install Apple's X11 0.3 ALONGSIDE (rather than instead of) my > existing X11. I know they go in the same directory, so my plan was to mv my > existing X11 to another dir name and install Apple's. I can then write a > little shell script that swaps the directory names appropriately when I wish to > switch between them. > > My question is, other than /usr/X11R6/ and /etc/X11/, what ELSE will I need to > keep track of (if anything) to keep these installations out of one another's > way? I assume my .xinitrc. Anything else? I don't know of anything else, but > I just want to be sure. I think that more or less does it.
> Some other questions that arise out of this: > > 1. Does Apple's X11 use ~/.xinitrc? I seem to recall someone mentioning > that it didn't -- or did I imagine that? You imagined it. It uses ~/.xinitrc. I believe it didn't used to (prior to beta 3) use /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc in the absence of a user .xinitrc file, but that seems no longer to be the case. > 2. Just curious -- will the latest OroborOSX run with Apple's /usr/X11R6? Not as far as I can tell--check out the OroborOSX forums to see what the status is. > 3. Just curious -- will Apple's window manager run with X-Darwin's > install of /usr/X11R6/? > This _can_ be made to work. If you're interested I'll let you know offlist: Fink doesn't officially endorse such measures. > (As of 0.2, they were close to, but not quite, the same version of XFree86, > though I don't know if Apple is making any custom tweaks. What's the XFree86 > version in 0.3? And ARE they making any custom tweaks, or is all the work in > the window manager?) 4.2.1 I'm not sure about "tweaks" > Direct cc's appreciated; I'm on the digestified list. > > Thanks, > David Craig > > > <http://www.panix.com/~dac/> > > > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Tablet PC. > Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. > Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- 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: Tablet PC. Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
