On 5/21/12 2:51 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> Am 21.05.2012 um 22:00 schrieb Alexander Hansen:
> 
>> So, yes, you're not on the same architecture.
> 
> I also have a working PowerBook G4 with Leopard (10.5.8) and Tiger (10.4.11). 
> I never seen these effects. But I'm also using XQuartz 2.6.3 now. (But I had 
> spectacular effects on screen with an earlier version, X Org server 1.7.99.2, 
> end of 2009.)
> 
> Alexander, if you have problems with XQuartz 2.6.1, then you should open a 
> ticket here: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/newticket. Or search first 
> among the existing bug reports. Jeremy  Huddleston is very capable and fixes 
> problems sometimes in no-time.
> 

Sorry, it's 2.6.3.  My eyes jumped a couple of lines down when I was
reading that page .

It is a GTK+2 and PowerPC-only problem, so I don't think Jeremy is
particularly interested in fixing something cosmetic for an essentially
dead platform.

> I won't install gimp2, it's a bit too big with all its dependencies, but I 
> could try to install meld.
> 

Anything that uses GTK+2 will suffice.

> Here you can download the final Leopard release: 
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.6.3 -> 
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/Leopard/X11-2.6.3.dmg 
> (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/Releases).
> 
> 
> The only alternative to XQuartz is xorg-server or xorg-server-devel (XQuartz 
> 2.7.2) in MacPorts.
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>   Pete
> 
> "Indentation?! I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!"
> 

I'm not going to complicate my system with Macports.  I have to be able
to do _reliable_ test builds.

And I don't advocate that our users mix Macports and Fink, either.
-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
http://finkakh.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/got-job/

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