On 8/27/05, Jody Steel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I've got progress here. Deleting and replacing .Xauthority got > me past the Xlib connection refused error. > > with no .xinitrc, (default) started from command line, was able to > open Vim. The top of the window is behind the Mac menu bar. > with no .xinitrc, (default) started from double-clicking X11.app. Get > a normal Mac window which can be grabbed and moved. Was able to > start emacs. > > When I added .xinitrc as Martin suggested, starting either way, got > from console: > > XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root > [DRI] screen 0 installation complete > Screen 0 added: 1280x1024 @ (0,0) > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, > removing from list! > /Users/jo/.xinitrc: line 1: /sw/bin/init.sh > exec: No such file or directory > Quitting XDarwin... > > So I looked, the file was there, somehow I had managed to make it > Rich Text, so after thrashing around some, changed it in BBEdit to > text. Still didn't see it. Repaired permissions, changed > permissions back to system on the /bin directory and init.sh, but it > still didn't see it. Moved an older one from another drive, still > didn't see it. When I cd to /sw/bin/ and ls -1, the file is present. > > However, X11 is running now, as I type. So thanks to your help, I > have gone from "won't run at all" to a configuration problem. > init.sh directs it to all the Fink software? I am happy. I'm an > elderly CIS college student, and need a way to learn about this stuff. > > (Levitated Dipole sounds like magic, AKH. Is your day job sorcery?) > If only...
> Thanks, > > Jody > > > > > > init.sh (and init.csh) set up the environment properly for Fink, yes. I'd guess there's a (minor) typo in your .xinitrc . Are you using source /sw/bin/init.sh ? It kind of sounds like you're trying to run it some other way. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
