Did you try running XFree86 from a terminal or using the Console utility before you run it? There may be an error message that you can see if you do either of those things.
-- Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX � -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Sanderson Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:46 PM To: fink-beginners Subject: [Fink-beginners] full screen vs rootless I've looked at the archives but haven't found anything effective. I installed Fink from scratch on a new 17" G4 iMac. I activated the unstable branch, installed XFree86 v 4.3 and Gnome2. I'm using Metacity as my window manager. All files are up-to-date. I've also installed and am using a number of applications, all of which are working (Gnumeric, Scribus, Gimp, etc.). However, things work only if I start up in Rootless mode. If Full Screen is selected, X-windows quits shortly after the Gnome splash screen appears. I've seen suggestions re: removing/replacing the .Xauthority file. I also saw a comment that it wasn't likely to be related to 4.3 problems. This isn't a high priority item since everything works with rootless. It would be nice, however, to have a choice. I was hoping someone might have a good idea about the most likely cause; I don't want to do something that might break what's working! Thanks, Stan ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
