Chris Lord wrote: > Alex, > > Just to show you I'm not completely hopeless at unix commands I have > tried editing the xinitrc file using pico, but once again it will not > allow me to save the changes, even when I use the sudo command before > keying in pico in the bash terminal. > -Don't- edit the system's xinitrc file. When you do that if you break something you're in trouble. Copy it to your home directory as .xinitrc, as is indicated in http://www.finkproject.org/doc/x11/run-xfree86.php?phpLang=en#xinitrc:
cp /private/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc That file will be owned by you, and you can edit it. > I also tried to delete any old system-xfree 86 packages, and then > setup the pathsetup command, yet again without any success whatsoever. > Whatever I've done to my X11 system I cannot fathom out how to > unscramble it. Is there a way of completely deleting all the X11 & > FINK files and their dependencies and starting out all over again? > (Unfortunately my cloned backup is only a day old so has all these > messed up files, booting from it starting again and cloning it back > would be no solution). > > Chris Lord > > It doesn't look like anything is so messed up as to be unfixable. > > Last login: Tue Jul 17 14:55:01 on console > Welcome to Darwin! > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ sudo dpkg -r --force-all > system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree-43; fink selfupdate; > fink index > Password: > /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't > installed. > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which > isn't installed. > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree-43 which isn't > installed. > fink needs you to choose a SelfUpdateMethod. > They're not removable because they're virtual packages. > (1) rsync > (2) cvs > (3) Stick to point releases > > Choose an update method [1] 1 > rsync -az -q rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP > /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp > I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package > descriptions. > rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q --include='10.3/' > --include='10.3/stable/' --include='10.3/stable/main/' > --include='10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/' > --include='10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' > --include='10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/*' > --include='10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.3/' > --include='10.3/stable/' --include='10.3/stable/crypto/' > --include='10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/' > --include='10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' > --include='10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*' > --include='10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' > --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' > 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/' > /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.3/stable/main' -name CVS -type d -print0 | > xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf > /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.3/stable/crypto' -name CVS -type d -print0 > | xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf > Reading package info... > Package description too new to be handled by this fink (3>2)! Skipping > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/utils/clamav-0.88.7.info > Package description too new to be handled by this fink (3>2)! Skipping > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/utils/clamav.info > Updating package index... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is > not executable > done. > /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! > Information about 2528 packages read in 13 seconds. > The following package will be installed or updated: > fink > curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/fink-0.27.1.tar.gz > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. > Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed > 100 1256k 100 1256k 0 0 62729 0 0:00:20 0:00:20 0:00:00 60506 > gzip -dc /sw/src/fink-0.27.1.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf - > --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions > make test PREFIX=/sw > Can't exec "make": No such file or directory at > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 408. You don't have the Xcode Tools installed, so "fink selfupdate" won't actually work. > ### execution of make failed, exit code -1 > Failed: compiling fink-0.27.1-11 failed > Reading package info... > Package description too new to be handled by this fink (3>2)! Skipping > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/utils/clamav-0.88.7.info > Package description too new to be handled by this fink (3>2)! Skipping > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/utils/clamav.info > Updating package index... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is > not executable! > done. > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ open /sw/bin/pathsetup.command > 2007-07-17 15:39:35.628 open[749] No such file: /sw/bin/pathsetup.command > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ cd > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ pico -profile > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ pico -profile > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ pico .profile > Chris-Lords-Computer:~ chrislord$ cd /private > Chris-Lords-Computer:/private chrislord$ cd /etc/X11/xinit/ > Chris-Lords-Computer:/etc/X11/xinit chrislord$ ls > xinitrc > Chris-Lords-Computer:/etc/X11/xinit chrislord$ pico > Chris-Lords-Computer:/etc/X11/xinit chrislord$ pico .xinitrc [entered > the additional lines in pico, but could not save them - wouldn't allow > me to save file, only cancel] > Chris-Lords-Computer:/etc/X11/xinit chrislord$ > > On 17 Jul 2007, at 14:24, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > You -don't- want to launch it from a terminal after X is going > (especially this outdated version). Put the following lines in > your ~/.xinitrc file: > > > export KDEWM=kwin > source /sw/bin/init.sh > /sw/bin/startkde >/tmp/kde.log 2>&1 > > ___________________________________ > =================================== > Chris Lord > Brayebrook Observatory northern outpost > 49 Kenilworth Road > Lytham St.Annes > Lancashire > FY8 1LB > tel (+44) 01253 728210 > mob. 07842 756382 > http://www.brayebrookobservatory.org/ > =================================== > ___________________________________ > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink User Liaison/Documenter akh AT finkproject DOT org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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