On 4/6/06, Hisashi T Fujinaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Romy Schneider wrote: > > > I'm trying to install xfree86 on a new MacBook Pro. I haven't installed any > > other versions of X11 yet (including the one on the Apple disk). The > > install > > plugs along happily for quite a while and then ends with: > > > > Selecting previously deselected package xfree86. > > (Reading database ... 4129 files and directories > > currently installed.) > > Unpacking xfree86 (from > > .../xfree86_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb) ... > > WARNING: if you compile X11 applications against this > > XFree86 release, > > you will *not* be able to run them if you decide to > > revert to Apple's > > X11 provided with the OS. > > Selecting previously deselected package > > xfree86-shlibs. > > Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from > > .../xfree86-shlibs_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb) ... > > Setting up xfree86-shlibs (4.5.0-1024) ... > > Setting up xfree86 (4.5.0-1024) ... > > /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/xfree86.postinst: line 23: 17544 > > Segmentation fault /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--install): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error > > exit status 139 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > xfree86 > > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit > > code 1 > > Failed: can't batch-install packages: > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/x11-system/xfree86_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb > > > > When I try an "install xfree86" again or a "update xfree86" it says its > > attempting to replace it, then fails very quickly with what looks like a > > similar error. When I try to remove it, it says xfree86 is not installed. > > I'm stuck, suggestions? > > This is similar to behaviour I've seen with xorg. I've gotten it to work > two ways: > > 1) delete everything X and start over with Apple's X11. This includes > everything that has dependencies on X. It's a long slog by hand and > it'll be easier to delete everything and start over. > > 2) delete everything X and start over with xfree86 or xorg with NO > BINDIST. This means COMPILE EVERYTHING YOURSELF. The bindist was > made with Apple's X11 and will not (for me anyway) work with xfree86 > or xorg. >
This has historically _not_ been the case, however, except for tetex. All other packages have had no problems with the user having a newer flavor of X11 than Apple's--at least on PowerPCs. Of course, since there isn't an official Fink binary distro for intel yet, if you're mixing and matching with PowerPC stuff there's bound to be trouble. > Obviously, both kind of suck. And for option 2, I'm not sure if it runs > or not since I just finished compiling remotely and I have to go home to > see if X actually runs. > > Good luck. > > -- > Hisashi T Fujinaka - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
