Zinaida Benenson wrote:
Thanks, Martin. This is really informative:
------------------------
$ dpkg -l xfree86\*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
iF xfree86 4.5.0-1024 Free X11
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
[]
ii xfree86-shlibs 4.5.0-1024 Free X11
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
------------------------
Thus, I have xfree86-shlibs successfully installed, and xfree86 installed
but not configured?
Yes. As you told us earlier, the installation of xfree86 failed in the
post-installation phase, because fc-cache crashes with a segmentation
fault. This is what others have been seeing also, and nobody knows why
it does this. Since fc-cache is the last line of the PostInst script,
the installation is complete, only apt-get and fink think it is not
installed.
In the meantime, I experimented a bit. Started XDarwin.app in the
rootless mode.
(Perhaps, the terminology is wrong... I started X11 in rootless using
XDarwin?)
Anyway, I get xterm windows, and can start xcalc. I also can start xcalc
from
Terminal.app after setting export DISPLAY=":0.0".
However, xterm windows look weird. I cannot resize them, and I cannot close
them. On the other hand, cut&paste with my 3-key mouse works fine.
Next question: can I do something about the xterm windows? Perhaps, install
another window manager? How can I find out which window manager I'm
using now?
The default window manager is probably still twm, if true "ps aux |grep
wm" should show it running.
More important question: What do I do next? Uninstall xfree86 and try xorg
or Apple's X11? What would you recommend?
Apple's X11 as said earlier.
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