-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Costabel wrote: > Alexander K. Hansen wrote: [] >> Unfortunately, the "xfree86" issue isn't something on your end, >> per se. It's due to how Apple versions X11 and how Fink detects >> that. > > That's not true. On stock Leopard, X11 should be recognized, with > "Xfree86 version number" equal to 7.2. The message > > could not determine XFree86 version number > > is a sure sign that the X11 update pkg from the macosforge Xquartz > wiki was installed on top of Leopard's X11, but not the specific > Xquartz binary that is there for use with Fink. I have spent some > time to help make sure that such an Xquartz binary came into being, > and I have suggested on fink-core that someone write a news item > about this, but I don't have any more time for this now. > Unfortunately on the Xquartz wiki they don't mention the existence > of the Fink-specific Xquartz binary, probably because their chief > developers ran out of steam, too. > > The 2.1.0.1 update pkg is mentioned here: > <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/Releases> and it > is downloadable, as well as the Xquartz-1.3.0-apple-fink binary, > from here: <http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/> > > The optimal procedure is: On a Leopard system, where X11 is now > installed by default (also the SDK with Xcode), download and > install the X11-2.1.0.1.pkg from the macosforge site, then download > the file Xquartz-1.3.0-apple-fink.bz and install it as explained > on the first page quoted above. For the whole story, read also > Pedro Massobio's page on Leopard and X11 > <http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/X11/index.html> > My comment referred to a recent message from one of our developers who said that he had the issue with a stock Leopard X11 install:
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