2) Because I've been away from xfree86 for so long I never thought of doing it that way. Should I reinstall using the method you suggested (I will need the exact command. BTW, where can I find a list of fink commands)?
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
Also, is there some reason that you didn't just install the same version
with apt-get or dselect?
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Greg wrote:
I installed xfree86 4,2,1.1 (via 4.2 and 4.2.0.1), yet, when I launch it, the screen flickers like it's going to work, then reverts back to quartz.
What did-I do wrong?
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 07:05 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
Actually, I was going to stick it in the "running X11" section of the
documentation pages. I was in the middle of updating some of the
versions (some parts still say the current version is 4.2.0!) when 4.3
came out, and I was waiting until the dust settled to make an update.
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 22:59, Benjamin Reed wrote:(excuse me for spamming you with a huge message, but I have an ulterior motive, I'd like to point to this in the FAQ too.)
Greg wrote:Am I'm I reading this correctly: XFree86 and xDarwin are separate installs?
They're all variants on XFree86 (they're all based on the XFree86 code).
And what about xDarwin 4.3? Is this a purchase only version? I can't find the download anywhere. Does the earlier version have any special needs (or draws backs) in order to run in 10.2 (like Developer Tools)?
XDarwin.org seems to be a group of people making money off of the real
work being done by the XonX people (http://xonx.sf.net/). Now, it's
not
illegal to make money off of it, but the XDarwin folks sure go out of
their way to make it look like they're the ones making it, so I'd stay
away on principle. :P Please note I'm saying this as a regular guy,
not in any official Fink capacity. :)
Anyways, the summary goes like this:
XDarwin.org: XFree86 4.3.0 (repackaged?) XDarwin.org's packages are just a redistribution of XFree86 4.3 from XonX.
Install system-xfree86 after installing this.
xonx.sf.net: XFree86 4.3.0 XonX is the sourceforge project officially managing the darwin-specific bits for XFree86 (mostly the work of Torrey Lyons).
Install either: "xfree86" from Fink unstable, or the installer package from the web site + system-xfree86
Note that these official XFree86 binaries are also available in a
command-line shell script installer version from XFree86's FTP
site.
There's really no reason to go this way, but it works perfectly
fine
installing with those packages rather than the Apple installer on
the
XonX web site. You would still use system-xfree86 when you're
done.
Apple X11: XFree86 4.2.1
Apple's X11 is based on XFree86 4.2.1 with some modifications. A
number of the modifications overlap with the changes in XFree86
4.3.0, and a number don't. The net sum is that they're both about
equal as far as performance, the only difference is Apple's X11
has
quartz-wm and XFree86 4.3.0 doesn't (and Apple X11 has a couple of
strange keyboard bugs right now, hopefully the next beta will
clean
that up). Supposedly, they will eventually merge the XFree86 4.3
codebase with their work, which may make it the best of all,
performance-wise, but for now it's about on par with 4.3.0.
Install system-xfree86 after installing this (system-xfree86 4.2-11 is the version that understands the latest Apple X11 beta).
Fink stable XFree86: XFree86 4.2.1.1
These are packages of the previous XonX release, split into two
halves (the libraries and the X11 display server). It's older but
very solid. It comes in 2 variants, threaded and non-threaded.
The threaded build is a bit of a hack, but is required by a few
packages (xine being the most popular, I think). If you don't
require threading, however, I would suggest not using it.
Otherwise
if you switch to Apple's X11 (which doesn't support threading),
you
wouldn't be able to run binaries you compiled against the threaded
versions.
Install either: xfree86-base and xfree86-rootless, or xfree86-base-threaded and xfree86-rootless-threaded
<I guess what I'm asking for is a list of what needs to be installed,
and in what order, so I can get back to running GNOME and KDE in
10.2>
There is no one list. You can install any of the X11 variants and things should work OK for you. My suggestion is either Apple X11 (with system-xfree86) or XFree86 4.3.0 (the "xfree86" package in unstable) if you're willing to deal with possibly-more-unstable code, although in practice they're both fairly solid for day-to-day work.
If you want rock-solid stability at the expense of speed, xfree86-base + xfree86-rootless is the way to go.
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