Eric,
I have XFree86 4.1.0 running under MacOS X 10.1.2. Take a look at this
web page: http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Darwin3.html. Note under sec-
tion 3 you can do a binary download (which I recommend) from
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/ and note the accompany-
ing installation document at http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Install.html.
Under section 3 of the installation document it states you must run
Xinstall.sh as root. Therefore, I do not believe admin priviledges are
enough.
If you don't have root activated I can help you get it -- it's
there, you just have to do some backflips to activate it. Check the
Apple Knowledge Base:
TITLE Mac OS X: About the root User and How to Enable It
Article ID: 106290
Created: 4/24/01
Modified: 10/16/01
[I sent the text of this article to Eric separately.]
Cheers,
Joel
> I am having what should be a pretty simple problem to solve with the
> install. I haven't used a unix based system in years and am
> attempting to reacquire some lost skills.
>
> The problem I am having is that the install need to create a folder
> inside the 'etc' folder. Unfortunately, that folder is not owned by
> me (I am the admin for my machine and logged in as such).
>
> I cannot figure out how to alter the ownership.
>
> thank you.
>
>
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