Daisuke Koya wrote:
Thank you Brian O'Keefe
On Jul 13, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
I think that you are getting xfree86 trying to start and then
crashing and then apple's X11 bringing up xterm. I really don't think
you can have both installed-you have to choose one.
Could you please elaborate on how I can remove extraneous X11
environments? Should I just drag Apple's X11 to the trash?
I use x.org instead of Apple's X11 or xfree86. Both x.org and xfree86
can be installed via fink as in, fink install x.org. Apple's X11
requires additional installations as shown in the links Baba provided.
Again, software is installed using fink and not by downloading
packages from other sites and then trying to get fink to install
them-that won't work so if a package is not listed in fink ("fink
list" typed in a terminal window) then you can't install it.
I tried the FinkCommander program, although I believe it's not very
user friendly. I'd much prefer typing commands in the prompt. In
FinkCommander, I cannot find x.org nor xfree86 although I do see
something called
xfree86-base-threaded
xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs
I typed "fink list" in Terminal, and saw that "system-xfree86",
"system-xfree86-dev", and "system-xfree86-shlibs" were installed (I am
assuming as there is an "i" to the left of each item). For some
reason, FinkCommander does not list these three items as installed.
Could you or someone else please guide me on how to remove extraneous
versions of X11 and to install either xfree86 or x.org? Thank you very
much for your help.
You've got some strange things happening here. In Fink Commander, check
your preferences and make sure you have the correct package lists
enabled in the "fink" tab.
I'm going to leave the removal and installation of your X11 package to
the experts on the list but you need to provide your OS version and fink
info "fink --version" in a terminal window.
try "fink selfupdate" also to get the packages list updated. You should
have xorg listed as it is a standard package.
good luck.
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