On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 11:29, Josh Kuperman wrote: > I followed the instructions on installing Apples X11 as best I could > give my circumstances. This is on my powerbook (no mouse hooked up at > the moment) December 2002 tools, recent failed attempts to update > everything, and following the instructions to install as spelled out > on the fink web sited. (dpkg to force remove my xfree86, install the > SDK and X11 user, fink selfupdate-cvs, etc.) > > I had been using the threaded versions of xfree86, so I'm sure I have > some application issues. I also seem to be in the middle of an > unsuccessful attempt to update KDE and I'm not even sure if that is > relevant anymore. I need a little help to answer the following > questions: > > 1. How to I remove/replace any apps that depended on "threaded" with > ones that don't? What window manager options do I have? I was using > KDE before. As my KDE set up seems slightly screwed anyhow and > I have a dependency problem that is preventing me from > updating. But if I can't use it with Apples X11 then I want to > remove it - rather than fix it. KDE works OK--I built some components against the Apple X and it looks fine.
> > Unpacking replacement kdelibs3-ssl-dev ... > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs3-ssl-dev: > kdelibs3-ssl-dev depends on kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.1-1); however: > Version of kdelibs3-ssl on system is 3.0.7-4. > dpkg: error processing kdelibs3-ssl-dev (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: This happened to me several times, too. I just kept doing "update-all"s until all the packages got installed. > [blah blah blah] > > 2. Can I use the KDE setup? Not required for what I want. How do I > start the quartz-wm. Without an .xinitrc I just get TWM and nothing > shows up as a running app in the top window bar. When I run startx > and exit out of the console window in TWM everything closes anyhow. What do you mean by "use the KDE setup"? In your .xinitrc you should call "quartz-wm" instead of twm, if you want to run Apple X. One thing to note is that there's no fullscreen mode--rootless only. > > 3. How can I get an X app icon back in Applications and in the Dock. I > don't think I should have to run startx from the terminal. There's an app called X11, which is what you get instead of XDarwin. > > Here is what happens with startx. > [broomstick:~] josh% startx > > > XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware > is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Operating System: Darwin OSVendor > Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping. > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root > PseudoramiX screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0). > PseudoramiX screen 0 placed at X11 coordinate (0,0). > [DRI] screen 0 installation complete > Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0) > cat: /Users/josh/.Xauthority: No such file or directory Try 'touch /Users/josh/.Xauthority' to create this file. > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Error: Can't find file "unknown" for geometry include > > Exiting > > Abandoning geometry file "(null)" > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Error: Can't find file "unknown" for geometry include > > Exiting > > Abandoning geometry file "(null)" > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Error: Can't find file "unknown" for geometry include > > Exiting > > Abandoning geometry file "(null)" > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > > waiting for X server to shut down X connection to :0.0 broken > (explicit kill or server shutdown). > Quitting XDarwin... > > -- > Josh Kuperman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
