On Mon September 4 2006 03:07, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > September 4, 2006 > > To whom it may concern (Open Office Support), > > I am a Mac OS X (10.3.9 - Panther) user and I have X11 correctly > installed. My problem is the following: I have just installed the > newest version of Open Office (2.0.3) for Mac. Everything works fine > except I can not get rid of the Xterm screen when the Open Office app > starts up. I followed the instructions outlined in the > "Howto_OOo_2.0_MacOSX_english" pdf (see below), but it does not work. > The X11 terminal states that it does not recognize these commands. > After typing in the line and entrying the information, I get a prompt > for a password; however, if I type my known Unix/Mac passwords they > are not accepted. If I type "su" for root user password and then > enter my password it is accepted, but when I type the command line > path that is instructed in your "How to PDF" I get an unrecognized > command or that it does not recognize "nano", etc. Even if I type > "sudo" alone I simply get a commands menu. I tried every different > combination of the path that I knew how to write, but nothing works. > What can I do? I am not a Unix user in the sense of knowing how to > properly use a command system well. I just have a very basic > knowledge. Please help. Thank you. > > Note: This is the command line I used from the "How to PDF": > > 1.6 How to get rid of the Xterm that starts without asking ? > > In the starting Xterm, type the following command line : > sudo nano /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > go to the line that contains " xterm & ", and add a " # " at the > beginning. Which gives : > before : > xterm & > after : > # xterm & > > after the change : > CTRL-O to validate the change, folowed by CTRL-X to quit the Nano editor > -> effect : on the next launch of OpenOffice.org, the Xterm won't > show up again.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon September 4 2006 04:15, James McKenzie wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > September 4, 2006 > > > > To whom it may concern (Open Office Support), > > > > I am a Mac OS X (10.3.9 - Panther) user and I have X11 correctly > > installed. My problem is the following: I have just installed the > > newest version of Open Office (2.0.3) for Mac. > > First, we are trying to track who is using the OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 > release versions by language. Please reply to the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list with any problems you have with > the program. > > > Everything works fine except I can not get rid of the Xterm screen > > when the Open Office app starts up. I followed the instructions > > outlined in the "Howto_OOo_2.0_MacOSX_english" pdf (see below), but it > > does not work. > > Ok. Let's figure out what is wrong and how to fix it. > > > The X11 terminal states that it does not recognize these commands. > > Ok. You are trying to edit the file from within X11. This will not > work from what I know. You will have to do this from within the > terminal program. > > > After typing in the line and entrying the information, I get a prompt > > for a password; however, if I type my known Unix/Mac passwords they > > are not accepted. If I type "su" for root user password and then enter > > my password it is accepted, but when I type the command line path that > > is instructed in your "How to PDF" I get an unrecognized command or > > that it does not recognize "nano", etc. Even if I type "sudo" alone I > > simply get a commands menu. I tried every different combination of the > > path that I knew how to write, but nothing works. What can I do? I am > > not a Unix user in the sense of knowing how to properly use a command > > system well. I just have a very basic knowledge. > > Ok. Here is how I edited the X11 initialization file, xinitrc which is > located in the /etc/X11/xinit directory. So we have to enact an editor > that works under Terminal and do this with a user that can edit the > file. So, you have to log into your Mac with an administrative user. > Once you are logged in, you have to open the Macintosh HD item and > switch to the Applications folder. In this folder, you have to open the > Utilities folder and then open the terminal program. From the command > prompt, you should be able to type in 'sudo nano /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' > You should be able from this point to disable the xterm & line at the > bottom per the How to PDF file. > > Now, you and the rest of the list may wonder why you could not edit this > from the xterm session. This file is locked when you startup X11 to > prevent inconsistancies. You are not the first nor the last who is > going to try to edit this file from within a xterm session using nano. > > > Note: This is the command line I used from the "How to PDF": > > > > 1.6 How to get rid of the Xterm that starts without asking ? > > > > In the starting Xterm, type the following command line : > > This is incorrect and could someone fix this? This should only be done > from a Terminal session. > > > sudo nano /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > > > go to the line that contains " xterm & ", and add a " # " at the > > beginning. Which gives : > > before : > > xterm & > > after : > > # xterm & > > > > after the change : > > CTRL-O to validate the change, folowed by CTRL-X to quit the Nano editor > > -> effect : on the next launch of OpenOffice.org, the Xterm won't show > > up again. > > BTW, these instructions do work with both 10.3.x and 10.4.x. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
