Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-07 Thread chainy_shadow
No use, still have to set where the top and bottom bars are, no applications in the menu... weird. arg... those awful green bars... Alexander Hansen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm surprised that you need it, unless you're using GNOME from the binary

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-07 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It looks like your .xinitrc isn't even being processed--that's the basic window manager that comes with XFree86 or Xorg. chainy_shadow wrote: No use, still have to set where the top and bottom bars are, no applications in the menu... weird.

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-07 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm surprised that you need it, unless you're using GNOME from the binary distribution and it's older than I thought...but yes. Try having the following in your ~/.xinitrc: . /sw/bin/init.sh exec metacity exec gnome-session chainy_shadow wrote:

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-07 Thread chainy_shadow
The Gnome environment starts right when I click on the big red X (XDarwin). Would you recommend another window manager to solve this problem? Alexander K. Hansen-2 wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ah. It looks like you aren't getting the GNOME window manager. Does

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-07 Thread Martin Costabel
chainy_shadow wrote: The Gnome environment starts right when I click on the big red X (XDarwin). Didn't you say you have Apple's X11? Have you tried X11.app? (Black cross, not red). -- Martin - SF.Net email is sponsored

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-06 Thread chainy_shadow
I have screenshots and some other detail at: http://geekadventures.blogspot.com/2007/12/in-beggining.html Please, please, some help, some extended documentation? Thanks a lot. __ Chäïnÿ Alexander K. Hansen-2 wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 That looks like the

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-06 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ah. It looks like you aren't getting the GNOME window manager. Does it start automatically with X11 (as your .xinitrc would indicate), or are you having to run it after X11 starts? chainy_shadow wrote: I have screenshots and some other detail at:

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-04 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 That looks like the appropriate setup. chainy_shadow wrote: .xinitrc . /sw/bin/init.sh exec gnome-session Alexander K. Hansen-2 wrote: chainy_shadow wrot. Sorry for the lack of details. My OS Version: 10.4.11 I actually used this

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-03 Thread chainy_shadow
.xinitrc . /sw/bin/init.sh exec gnome-session Alexander K. Hansen-2 wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chainy_shadow wrot. Sorry for the lack of details. My OS Version: 10.4.11 I actually used this page

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-02 Thread chainy_shadow
Sorry for the lack of details. My OS Version: 10.4.11 I actually used this page http://www.finkproject.org/doc/x11/run-xfree86.php#xinitrc In order to set up the environment, and I am using Apple's X11 Do you believe is a good idea to upgrade to 10.5 in order for XDarwin to function

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-12-02 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chainy_shadow wrote: Sorry for the lack of details. My OS Version: 10.4.11 I actually used this page http://www.finkproject.org/doc/x11/run-xfree86.php#xinitrc In order to set up the environment, and I am using Apple's X11 Do you believe is

[Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-11-30 Thread chainy_shadow
The software is great, but how come it's so messy on the start? I am starting Gnome, and have to click on the screen to place the bars, applications... this isn't pretty at all, and not like the screenshots show. I've been looking for documentation on how to configure this beast, but were not

Re: [Fink-users] Terrible start

2007-11-30 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chainy_shadow wrote: The software is great, but how come it's so messy on the start? I am starting Gnome, and have to click on the screen to place the bars, applications... this isn't pretty at all, and not like the screenshots show. I've been