"startx -- -rootless" my cursor will change to an "X" for about 5 seconds then quit mysteriously. Running the fullscreen
mode also causes the screen to turn to a black and white checker pattern before quitting. "xfree86" and "xfree86-shlibs"
are my installed packages. My .xinitrc file has a single "source /sw/bin/init.sh". Here is the output from some of the commands:
^_^ /Users/laura 20:53 Now what?% startx -- -fullscreen
2004-05-07 20:53:39.467 XDarwin[1041] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
2004-05-07 20:53:39.598 XDarwin[1041] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): The file name for this data might be (or it might not): file://localhost/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern
2004-05-07 20:53:39.753 XDarwin[1041]
XDarwin 1.2b4
Running full screen in parallel with Mac OS X Quartz window server.
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 27 February 2003
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin Apple Computer, Inc.
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
Loading GLX bundle glxMesa.bundle (using Mesa)
Display mode: Full screen Quartz
Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)waiting for X server to shut down Quitting XDarwin...
^_^ /Users/laura 20:53 Now what?% startx -- -rootless
2004-05-07 20:54:37.756 XDarwin[1059] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
2004-05-07 20:54:38.012 XDarwin[1059] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): The file name for this data might be (or it might not): file://localhost/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern
2004-05-07 20:54:38.225 XDarwin[1059]
XDarwin 1.2b4
Running rootless inside Mac OS X window server.
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 27 February 2003
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin Apple Computer, Inc.
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
Loading GLX bundle glxAGL.bundle (using Apple's OpenGL)
Display mode: Rootless Quartz
Screen 0 added: 1024x747 @ (0,21)
Screen 0 placed at X11 coordinate (0,0).waiting for X server to shut down Quitting XDarwin...
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