Hallo Mario, On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:43:13 +0100, Mario Geiger wrote: Fink here tells you what you have to do or need to do in order to stick with Apple's X11
> If you want > to keep your X11 installation, install system-xfree86 resp. system-xtools > instead to make this known to Fink's package system. Before you do anything: Check with a "fink-virtual-pkgs" and see what is listed starting "system-xfree". Best is if all three packages system-xfree86-shlibs and sysem-xfree86-dev and system-xfree86 show up. If not so than you have at least three choices. First: Fink somehow forgott to install system-xfree and so you can try to do this manually by typing fink install system-xfree86. This should not be affordable any longer but that's in theory. Second: If you haven't already done so you have to install X11 from the Panther CD or via the package that is avaible for download (it is afaik) a bit more up to date and the X11SDK which is on the Xtools CD. This may fail first time you do so. The second time it runs as it should (only Apple know why during first time some files are not copied correct). After that fink should identify Apple's X11 and install system-xfree itsself without any doings by the user. Third: Do as fink says and remove your existing X11 (Apple's X11) and let fink install xfree86.org's X. But then you will loose some functionality of Apple's X11 but therefore you get a "working" X. Apple's X11 is nice but not perfect and in some points not compatible with any standards nor is it really in full really free avaible and most of the functionality you like is part of the closed source or works only really nice with quarz-wm and this windowmanager is closed source and another indicator is that you need Appe's X11 as proxy in order to have some functions in other windowmanagers. Final thoughts Apple's X11 is nice for Apple Users, all other users prefer Xfree86 although it isn't perfect. Let's see what comes and see what 4.4.0 brings. > Thanks a lot already, You're welcome. If you have further questions you can mail to me in private and in german, which in some cases could be better :-) Regards, Eric Hoch -- ## Ansprechpartner Anwenderunterst�tzung, users-Mailingliste ## War unsere Hilfe erfolgreich? Bitte teilen Sie es uns mit. Danke. ## de.OpenOffice.org - Office f�r MacOS X, Linux, Solaris & Windows ## Netikette? http://www.eschkitai.de/openoffice/netikette.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
