Alexander:
many thanks for your reply.
I have a file (~/.xinitrc) that is empty and a file
(/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc) whose contents I paste below.
I previously had Apple's X11 running fine, but I could not get
this to work with subsequent Fink installations, so I removed it and
use Fink Commander to install xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs.
ben
My suspicion from the nature of your error message is that you've got something going on with your ~/.xinitrc file (or if you don't have one, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc).
Did you by any chance create the former or modify the latter?
--
Alexander Hansen
Fink Documentarian
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/
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The file: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
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#!/bin/sh
# $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
# start some nice programs
twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
# $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
# start some nice programs
twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
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Benjamin Gilbert
Scientist, Earth Science Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Scientist, Earth Science Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road MS 90R1116
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Ph: 1-510 495 2748 (office)
Ph: 1-608 358 0194 (cell)
Fax: 1-510 486 5686
new email address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
prior active but expiring email address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]