On 8/29/06, Kevin Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running the latest unstable fink on a G4. I am considering > replacing Apple's X11 with xorg, to help troubleshoot an xorg problem > under Linux (I've got a video/card monitor combination that works > fine under OS X, but not when running xorg under Linux. I hope to > reduce the number of variables by trying Fink's xorg, and thus learn > something). > > What are the implications of replacing X11 with Fink's xorg > packages? Will I have to rebuild a large number of packages?
Nope. Only tetex* have been known to cause problems (at least to me). Will > fink know enough to automatically rebuild the packages, or are there > a list that I should rebuild, or do I just rebuild the ones that no > longer work? > (as above) > Is there an easy way to switch back to Apple's X11 later, if I so > desire? > Well, it's not that hard: "sudo dpkg -r --force-depends xorg xorg-shlibs" then install X11User.pkg and X11SDK.pkg, but: Going in this direction means you'll have to rebuild most everything x11-related that you built with xorg. > Are there any issues with the xorg packages that I would want to know > about before I do this switch? > The primary thing I've seen reported is some keymapping issues with XDarwin.app > Thanks, > > Kevin Horton > Ottawa, Canada > > > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
