Alexander and Kevin, Thanks for pointing out that X11 need to be launched separately. At first it still didn't work (in either terminal), but now it does (in both terminals). I'm not sure what changed between a few hours ago and now, but thanks for your pointers.
Best, David [email protected] wrote: > Can you launch other X11 apps? > > It has been a long time since I used OS X 10.4, but IIRC, X11 GUI apps > need to be launched from an X11 terminal window. Is that what you tried, > or where you using Terminal.app? > > Kevin Horton > > David Marsh wrote: > > >> The info file does the trick! "install cadabra" worked without problems, >> and after fixing the dpgk status file for the cadabra buildlock, also >> the "-m rebuild" went through without problems. Cadabra now works fine >> in the terminal window. The graphical interface that should open through >> xcadabra does not work for some reason. It returns >> >> "(xcadabra:9798): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0". >> >> But I don't know if this is a related or separate issue. >> >> Best, >> David >> >> >> >> Kevin Horton wrote: >> >>> David and Robert, >>> >>> Here is an updated cadabra.info file for you to test. Assuming you have >>> fink installed in the default /sw location, put this .info file in >>> /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo. You may have to create this >>> directory if you haven't tested any local .info files before. >>> >>> If the build fails, please send me the last few lines of the build log. >>> If the build passes, you can try another build in maintainer mode with >>> "fink -m rebuild cadabra". This adds a few more sanity checks, and it >>> also runs the test suite that is included with cadabra. >>> >>> I need to discuss this issue with the cadabra author, to see if this >>> change might have any performance impact for cadara installations on OS >>> X 10.5 or 10.6. >>> >>> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
