OK, Alexander, YOU are the man today. It worked. I owe you lunch. A BIG one. Seriously, today I wanted to be floored, and I in fact am floored.
THANKS for taking the trouble to intuit where I was in the process, and likely what had gone awry. I was missing the Binary-Update description part of the process. Somewhere on the Fink "update" page, elaborating on the Dist-upgrade process, either i MISSED the "Update descriptions" line or something, but if one simply does 'Dist-upgrade packages' you get all SORTS of errors. Once I did the 'Update descriptions'' part, the Dist-upgrade packages part just sort of worked. Figured i'd share that. Also: w/ as old a version as mine, a weird anomaly manifested itself toward the end, where FinkCommander's dialogue queries the user as to mirror site preferences, getting more granular about it as it proceeds. The interaction window didn't come up; the program *appeared* to hang. it hadn't, it was waiting for input. I started poking around, FOUND the 'Tools-interact with Fink' selection and I was OK. I had to do that like a dozen times. it was a "gotcha" that would likely hang a more panicky user. I'll file that away for when I upgrade my son's Powebook when I visit him late Jan. Last, impressions of the new XDarwin, and how at least Gimp now runs: It takes about 24 seconds to load rootless X on my iBook 1.33Ghz/32MB video/768MB ram laptop. The older X11 on the Powerbook G4/1Ghz/64MB video/768 ram loaded a LOT faster. I'm not grousing, merely sharing my experience. X loaded, and came up with 3 terminal windows, 1 big one to the left, and 2 smaller (one above the other) to the right. I chose the larger, switched to /sw, cd bin, ./gimp.... Here's where things get a bit odd; Gimp loads. Gimp splash appears. Nothing else appears till I *click on the term window* i'm loading Gimp from (I experimented...after waiting and waiting). I do a File-open. Again, nothing appears till I *click on the term window*. Open dialogue appears. I browse and choose a file, click OK. You guess it --you have to click on the term window for the image to appear in a Gimp window. Not sure what's up with that. Figured i'd pass it on. Haven't done anything else yet. Hey --it WORKS. FinkCommander is now at v. hmmmm......0.5.2 Wasn't that the same version as earlier? Again, no complaints here. But i wanted to at least share w/ the Fink Beginners my experience, while it was fresh in my head, hope it may help others.... That's it --again, many, many thanks. What a powerful program. What a colossal amount of work must've gone into this. Considering the myriad possibilities of configurations and versions, it's fairly elegant as well. A little intimidating for newbies out there (and we are all newbies somewhere); such is life. regards, Eric Lecht On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:04:46 -0500, Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Eric Lecht wrote: > > > FinkCommander version 0.5.2.....and i see a Fink-installer-0.6.2.dmg > > in a directory; that must be the version i'm using. I don't see a fink > > application folder, nor an app per-se --oh, there it is, in /sw. Yes, > > it is 0.6.2 > > > > To be fair, FinkCommander *did ask* if I wanted to upgrade. Since it > > was working, I chose not to. It hasn't asked me since. Mistake on my > > part?? > > > > I chose the xfree86 at the top of the list in Fink Commander....which > > happened to BE 4.3....I HAD a lesser version (4.2?) successfully > > running on the Powerbook I sent off to my son...and it WAS in /sw/src. > > Until I deleted it in the process, sort of cleaning up (or so I > > thought). ACTually, xfree86bbase-4.2.1.1-16 folder is STILL in my > > trash.... > > > > Wonder where to go from here....I could just HOSE the entire /sw > > directory, the x11 v. 4.3 I have installed, reel in from Apple that > > which you referred to.... > > > > OR somehow upgrade Fink//FinkCommander, and just start from scrath. > > I'm well aware of slippery-slope syndrome. > > > > Many thanks for helping me here. I've sort of worked my way into a > > knot.... > > > > regards, > > > > Eric lecht > > > > > > That's a really, really old version of the Fink distribution (>1 year > old). (Fink Commander is current, and its version isn't relevant here > anyway). > > You should start by updating Fink. You can do this most simply via > > Binary->Update descriptions > > followed by > > Binary->Dist-Upgrade Packages > > This will update you to the current Fink distribution and should bring > you a working version of XFree86 as well. > > -AH > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:21:21 -0500, Alexander K. Hansen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >> <Snip> > >> > >>> OK, I go back and install XCodeTools the RIGHT way (the .mpkg > >>> file...live and learn). > >>> > >>> I searched and searched Apple's install disks, couldn't find the > >>> Apple > >>> X11 stuff at all (and I really, really looked) > >> > >> It's supposed to be on the Panther media somewhere, but you can > >> download the runtime package: > >> > >> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html > >> > >> The development headers are part of XCode for some perverse reason. > >> > >>> , so i go BACK to Fink, > >>> and re-initiate the xfree86-4.3.0 install and it works! As in machine > >>> compiled code for an hour or so (kept the window open to try and cool > >>> the box). > >>> > >>> On completion, a new icon appears in Applications, 'XDarwin. It's > >>> creation date is today...hmmm. I click on it, and: > >>> > >>> 2005-01-18 08:32:10.207 XDarwin[11691] No Info.plist file in > >>> application bundle or no NSPrincipalClass in the Info.plist file, > >>> exiting > >>> > >>> It won't launch. > >>> > >>> The XDarwin app; what is it's launch-failure warning telling me, and > >>> what stone may I have left unturned here? I feel I am SO CLOSE to > >>> regaining use of X, and hence Gimp..... > >>> > >>> regards, > >>> > >>> Eric Lecht > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Ummm...XFree86-4.3 was broken on Panther and was pulled a while ago > >> from the 10.3 distribution of Fink. You can get a later version from > >> the binary distribution now, too. > >> > >> What version of Fink are you running? > >> > >> -- > >> Alexander Hansen > >> Fink Documentarian > >> [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment > >> http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
