I would follow the advice to use the Aqua beta -- I have been using
it for several months and it seems very stable (I just use some light
WP/SS) -- that way you skip not only the issues with X11, but all the
associated font and printing problems.
and I am not sure that negative feedback to a seller on ebay is
warranted unless they promised you the install disks were part of the
package -- it's kind of like moaning that a used car doesn't have an
owners manual -- it's a pain, you know you can buy one from the deal
if you really need one, but you saved some $$$ and you got a Mac --
you are already miles ahead of 93% of the world :)
Thanks
Andy
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On Sep 11, 2007, at Tuesday, September 11, 20079:30 PM, Lloyd &
Caroline Prentice wrote:
Hello, Bob,
I had a similar series of problems because I bought a Mac on eBay.
It had OS X preinstalled
and should have had the OS X CD but didn't. I finally had to go to
an Apple dealer and
buy a new CD. I wish I had not bought it on eBay. Try to dispute
through eBay ASAP and
it has to be before the time limit. Be sure to NOT give any
positive feedback to the seller
unless after the seller resolves the problems.
Lloyd Prentice
On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:19 AM, Guy Voets wrote:
2007/9/10, robert buehring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I Have MAC OS X 10.4.x installed, it came pre-installed, I have
no back-up
disk. I still can't find it on the hard drive. Can you give me
the path to
the program? If it is installed what can I do then to get
OpenOffice to
operate properly. Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Voets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:24 AM
To: users@openoffice.org; robert buehring
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
2007/9/8, robert buehring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Help! I installed OpenOffice and tried to launch it, it said
that I
needed
X11. I downloaded X11 from Apple and tried to install it. It
said that a
newer version was installed. I went to Applications/Utilities
and found no
X11. Did a search and still found no X11. The computer is a new/
used one
from ebay and came with no operating disk. The x11 is the only
issue. How
can I fix it to work. I'm a PC user and bought the Apple for my
10 year
old
daughter for school. If you require additional in formation
please let me
know. Thank You.
Bob Buehring
Hello Bob,
Welcome to OpenOffice.org... just a few more steps.
It helps to read the How-To's in order to install OOo on your Mac:
see http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/faq/installing/X11.html
The X11 for Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.x) has to come from your Mac
Install disks
The 'newer version' that is talked about is Tiger, compared to
Panther
from the Apple site.
X11's place is in the Auxiliaries map inside Programs/Applications
HTH
--
Guy
Robert
-- please reply only to users@openoffice.org --
• You can wait for the Aqua native Mac version of OOo
• Use a as yet unfinished Alpha (or Beta) version of the Aqua-Mac-OOo
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html
• While waiting for a stable Aqua-OOo, you can use NeoOffice, a fork
of OOo that already works stable without X11.
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
• I think X11 (version 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0) can also be downloaded
for free from the XFree86 site:
http://www.xfree86.org/releases/rel440.html
please read the information provided there (I haven't time to go
through that right now for you)
• But maybe the simpliest way -if it works, which I don't know- is
that I send you the X11 file off list and you put it into
Applications/Auxiliaries (where you also have Terminal, Java etc.)
It's 868 KB.
HTH
--
Guy
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