Xfree86-rootless (from 4.1, not 4.2) should be available through dselect. 4.2 is still rated as unstable, and you'd have to build it from source using 'fink install'.
On 3/8/02 10:12, "Roman Poeschl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > I am stupid user, sorry. But how to get XDarwin 4.2.0 from > the dselect menu I just got the xfree86-server 4.1.0-5. Do I have to > install it from Xfree86 web page. Or is there an easier way ? > > > I am quite sure that earlier this week I had this option to > choose between the rootless and the fullscreen mode. But I > really cannot remember how I've managed to do this. Do you > or somebody else can imagine how this could happen ? > There is a button in the Preferences that sets this behavior. Did you actually have rootless X working, though, or just the option? (It may be that the option was given, but didn't actually do anything). > > Cheers, > > Roman > > > > > > > > > +-------------------------------------------------+ > | Roman P�schl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | > | LAL Groupe H1 BP 34 | > | Universit� Paris XI | > | F-91898 Orsay Cedex | > | Tel.: ++33-164-468-954 | > | Fax.: ++33-164-468-546 | > | B�timent 208, 114 | > | | > | In HH: Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron(DESY) | > | Raum 1b,Nr.604 | > | Tel.: ++49-40-8998-2636 | > | Fax.: ++49-40-8998-4385 | > | | > +-------------------------------------------------+ > > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >> On 3/8/02 8:38, "Roman Poeschl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Fink-Experts, >>> >>> First of all thanks to those who had answered to my last question. >>> >>> I know that I will annoy some of you with my following question. >>> >>> How can one copy and paste with the mouse in an usual X-terminal ? It >>> works in emacs and I can copy and paste from X11 to aqua (but not vice >>> versa). So there are problems with the capabilities of the middle mouse >>> button. >> >> I've had problems with xterm and pasting, too. I use Eterm now, which seems >> to do better. >> >>> >>> >>> I scanned through the mailing lists and tried to exploit the >>> answers to similar questions posed earlier. However, I've succeeded >>> with none of them. Also I have included 'autocutsel &' at the beginning >>> of my '.xinitrc'. >>> >>> Here's what I have... >>> >>> I have downloaded xfree86-base, xfree86-server for the X11-server >>> and using fink version 0.3.2a. In my '.xinitrc' file I have started >>> a 'gnome-session' using sawfish as the window manager. I use a logitech >>> scrollable mouse. >>> >>> What puzzles me also that in XDarwin-Preferences I have no access >>> to the mouse settings. This is clearly an indication that something is >>> missing. The latter I had it in my first installation of fink but after a >>> reinstallation it was gone. >>> Also in my first installation I had the opportunity to choose between >>> full screen mode and rootless mode. >>> >> >> I've verified that XDarwin 4.2 does in fact have the mouse settings under >> preferences (you may be running a different version). Perhaps try to >> reinstall xfree86-server. >> >> By the way, you don't have the option to go rootless because you are using >> xfree86-server. If you want rootless mode install xfree86-rootless instead. >> This may solve your mouse problem, too. >> >>> >>> Can anyone give me a hint how to solve the two (three) problems ? >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much in advance, >>> >>> Roman >>> >>> >>> P.S.: Is it possible to install a web-browser under fink ? >>> >> >> Dillo, galeon, and mozilla are graphical web browsers that available under >> fink. >> >>> >>> >>> +-------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Roman P�schl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | >>> | LAL Groupe H1 BP 34 | >>> | Universit� Paris XI | >>> | F-91898 Orsay Cedex | >>> | Tel.: ++33-164-468-954 | >>> | Fax.: ++33-164-468-546 | >>> | B�timent 208, 114 | >>> | | >>> | In HH: Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron(DESY) | >>> | Raum 1b,Nr.604 | >>> | Tel.: ++49-40-8998-2636 | >>> | Fax.: ++49-40-8998-4385 | >>> | | >>> +-------------------------------------------------+ >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Alexander K. Hansen >> Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, LDX Collaboration >> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 >> Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 >> Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-beginners mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners >> > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, LDX Collaboration MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
