Re: [Fink-beginners] help with window manager

2004-01-07 Thread So UniQ
Hey Jeff, I'm not sure if it's "typical" but this is the .xinitrc I had when I was on my Linux box. I just transferred it over and didn't have any issues. -- m. P.S. And, I haven't had any Fink issues with it. --- Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this a typical .xinitrc file for some

[Fink-beginners] X11 won't run

2004-01-07 Thread Jeff
X11 worked fine last night. Now whenever I double click on the X11 icon, nothing happens. The only thing I've done since last night was install X11SDK to my system. I use Panther on a G4 processor. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jeff --- This S

Re: [Fink-beginners] help with window manager

2004-01-07 Thread So UniQ
In your .xinitrc file, place: exec blackbox at the end. Remember, any other executed commands should have an '&' at the end. Here's a copy of my .xinitrc: -- beginning .xinitrc #!/bin/sh # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $ userresources=$HOME/.Xreso

[Fink-beginners] help with window manager

2004-01-07 Thread John B
How can i configure x11 to use a different window manager. I already have installed Blackbox, FVWM2, ice, and Enlightment. But I cant get any of them to launch when I start x11. I scoured over documentation from all the window managers I installed. They never mention how to get the managers to

Re: [Fink-beginners] Can't get fink to accept the X11 I have

2004-01-07 Thread Alexander Hansen
-- Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX On Jan 7, 2004, at 3:18 PM, John Cagnol wrote: Hi, I just bought a Mac running Panther and I can't get xfree86 to work with fink. I understand I have two options: one is to use the xfree86 provided by fink and the o

[Fink-beginners] Re: xemacs & ispell problem

2004-01-07 Thread Brian Lee
Ok, I figured it out. What I had to do to get it to work (in a revised order): (0) Installed Fink binary packages for xemacs and ispell (1) Changed the permissions of the /sw directory so that my user account (or anyone in the admin group) could write to it (needed for step 2 below).

[Fink-beginners] xemacs & ispell problem

2004-01-07 Thread Brian Lee
I installed xemacs and ispell, but when I hit the spellcheck button in xemacs, it says: "Symbol's function definition is void: ispell-buffer" There must be a simple fix to this, but it's just always worked on every Linux install I've done, so I don't know it and so far Google has failed to te

[Fink-beginners] WINNING NOTIFICATION

2004-01-07 Thread KARYN VAN KIFF
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Re: [Fink-beginners] no binary available from fink commander

2004-01-07 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
On Jan 7, 2004, at 2:39 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: BUT, still now, there is no binary available from fink. Is it because of 10.3, most binaries have been compiled for 10.2. Check your /sw/etc/sources.list and make sure that the binary distribution source lines look something like: # Official

[Fink-beginners] Re: Can't get fink to accept the X11 I have

2004-01-07 Thread Darian Lanx
John Cagnol wrote: Hi, I just bought a Mac running Panther and I can't get xfree86 to work with fink. I understand I have two options: one is to use the xfree86 provided by fink and the other one is to use the xfree86 that comes on the Apple installation disk #3. Unfortunately, I can't get t

[Fink-beginners] Can't get fink to accept the X11 I have

2004-01-07 Thread John Cagnol
Hi, I just bought a Mac running Panther and I can't get xfree86 to work with fink. I understand I have two options: one is to use the xfree86 provided by fink and the other one is to use the xfree86 that comes on the Apple installation disk #3. Unfortunately, I can't get the fink version of xf

Re: [Fink-beginners] no binary available from fink commander

2004-01-07 Thread Alexander Hansen
On Jan 7, 2004, at 2:17 PM, Raphael Julliard wrote: Wow thank you...I should have thought to something like this on my own... Tcsh was the process which prevent X11.app to launch (isn't bash the 10.3 default shell?, so why tcsh? it's a mystery to me) This would make sense if you upgraded from 1

[Fink-beginners] FORTUNE LOTTERY WINNER

2004-01-07 Thread EAGLE STAR FORTUNE LOTTERY PROMO
EAGLE STAR FORTUNE LOTTO SECURITIES B.V AVENIDA AMERICA 192 28001 MADRID, SPAIN. REG. NO:3456809/33 FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPT. REF NO: EGS/2560145701/02. BATCH NO:14/0013/1PD Date:7th OF JANUARY, 2004. ATTN: RE:AWARD NOTIFICA

Re: [Fink-beginners] no binary available from fink commander

2004-01-07 Thread Raphael Julliard
Wow thank you...I should have thought to something like this on my own... Tcsh was the process which prevent X11.app to launch (isn't bash the 10.3 default shell?, so why tcsh? it's a mystery to me) now I can launch X11.app properly. BUT, still now, there is no binary available from fink. Is it

[Fink-beginners] package install problems

2004-01-07 Thread Keil Jansen
I recently installed fink on 10.3 for the first time, and I have been having a recurring problem when trying to install packages. I started with KDE, then moved to freeciv, and and ended up trying to install 3dpong as the simplest thing I could think of to install to try and eliminate variables.

[Fink-beginners] Meet other Fink Users online... come together experiment

2004-01-07 Thread Darian Lanx
Hello Fink Community. As I have stated numerous times before, I think that Fink has a great community. Unfortunately I would like to be much more involved into it, than I am right now. This is partly because I am curious, on the the other hand I simply want to get to know those better who enjoy us

Re: [Fink-beginners] X11 Not Working

2004-01-07 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
It worked before, but doesn't now? I've had this problem, but it was due to calling a nonexistent window manager in my .xinitrc file. -- Alexander Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX On Jan 7, 2004, at 7:19 AM, Tom Thomas wrote: Folks after running fink self update an

[Fink-beginners] X11 Not Working

2004-01-07 Thread Tom Thomas
Folks after running fink self update and update all my X11 starts then shuts down with no entry in the console log. This was all working fine prior to all this so I removed X11 (apples) and reinstalled it with no change in how its operating, does anyone have any experience in this and how to co