On 6 Jun, Bruce Truax wrote:
> Proclus,
>
> How does what is on your disk differ from what Apple supplies? I know that
> X11.app is proprietary but isn't the X implementation from the same source
> tree?
Yes, it is from the same source tree, with some important exceptions.
You alluded to the what is probably the most important exception. It
is my recollection that Apple's Xserver and AquaWM are free and open
source software, and congratulations for that.
The GNU-Darwin Xserver is different from Apple's in that ours links to
the core of Darwin OS instead of Apple's proprietary, high-level
frameworks. This is due to our policy against linking to proprietary
binaries. That is why we do not distribute Apple's Xserver or AquaWM,
and you will notice that our product does not appear as a normative Aqua
application, but as a standard X11 one. It is Unixey, as it were. It
is expected that all of our X11 apps will work fine with Apple X11 and
AquaWM. Reports are good, other than a few apps with minor mousing and
windowing glitches.
Regards,
proclus
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
> Bruce
>
>
>
> On 6/6/06 11:31 AM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 6 Jun, Bruce Truax wrote:
>>>
>>> Does this install from gnu-darwin fix the problem with the Apple install
>>> where fonts are not drawn properly in Tek windows?
>>
>> Don't know. That could be an OS X configuration problem, or you might
>> be able to fix it by installing additional GNU-Darwin font packages.
>> There are plenty of TeX and X11 related fonts and etc there. It is
>> expected to be auto-configuring. Perhaps you would like to try our
>> disc.
>>
>> http://www.gnu-darwin.org/index.php?page=order
>>
>> It was designed by Yves de Champlain for Panther, but it is also Tiger
>> tested.
>>
>> Regards,
>> proclus
>> http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
>>
>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> On 6/5/06 7:50 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5 Jun, David Parker wrote:
>>>>> I'm having strange behavior from X11 since installing Tiger.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I use ssh -X from the X server application, I can do anything I
>>>>> want within that window on Solaris except for two things:
>>>>
>>>> Our X11 apps are worth a try in this regard, but if you are worried
>>>> about your Apple X11 installation, be careful not to overwrite it.
>>>> Although is named for Panther, it is reportedly working fine on Tiger
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gnu-darwin.org/packages/ppc/1.1/All/XFree86-Panther-4.4.0.tbz
>>>>
>>>> In this case, I'd suggest untarring the needed files only in /. Here is
>>>> an example.
>>>>
>>>> sudo -s
>>>> cd /
>>>> /usr/bin/tar -jxf /Users/*/Desktop/XFree86-Panther-4.4.0.tbz \
>>>> usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>>>>
>>>> We also have an rxvt package package, which is a fast and nice
>>>> replacement for xterm. Just let me know, if you need the link.
>>>>
>>>> For future reference, it may be simpler to use GNU-Darwin pkg_add for
>>>> this kind of operation.
>>>>
>>>> You should backup up your existing binaries before overwriting them in
>>>> this manner. Hope that this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> proclus
>>>> http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> xterm&
>>>>> or
>>>>> workshop&
>>>>>
>>>>> The xterm window launches, but when I type into it, it does away.
>>>>>
>>>>> The X client workshop (Sun's dev environment) won't launch at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> The following is an error message reported back to the first window:
>>>>>
>>>>> X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
>>>>> Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
>>>>> Atom id in failed request: 0x10b
>>>>> Serial number of failed request: 13
>>>>> Current serial number in output stream: 14
>>>>>
>>>>> The workaround to having multiple xterm is to log in multiple times.
>>>>> I have no workaround for launching workshop. workshop complained
>>>>> about running ttsession; however, I never had to do this before. Both
>>>>> xterm& and workshop& worked before upgrading.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm communicating with work using VPNClient for Cisco over Verizon DSL.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks.
>>>
>>>
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