Beta 2: Launch of twm instead of Aqua Quartz Window Manager issue
Beta 2: Launch of twm instead of Aqua Quartz Window Manager issue
- Subject: Beta 2: Launch of twm instead of Aqua Quartz Window Manager issue
- From: Haroon Sheikh <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:46:24 -0800
If you install Beta 2 on top of an existing install of X11 for Mac OS
X, then you may notice that your window manager is twm instead of
quartz-wm. This happens because Beta 2 now uses /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
if a .xinitrc is not present in your home directory. By default, the
X11 installer does not install the 'X11 Config' package by default, if
/etc/X11 is already present, because people may have customized their
/etc/X11 configs. If you select the 'X11 Config' package by customizing
the installation, then your existing /etc/X11 directory is backed up as
X11.AppleBackup and a new /etc/X11 is installed.
Workarounds:
- Select the X11 Config package by customizing the installation. By
default this package is not installed and it contains the new
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc that launches quartz-wm
- Modify /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to launch quartz-wm instead of twm.
- Add a ~/.xinitrc file to launch your xterm and the quartz-wm window
manager
- Do a clean install, i.e. wipe out the previous install of X11 and
then install Beta 2 on top. To just fix this problem, you can also move
aside /etc/X11 elsewhere before installing Beta 2. You can uninstall
the previous version by deleting (or moving aside) the following files:
sudo rm -rf /Applications/X11.app /usr/bin/open-x11 /private/etc/X11
/usr/X11R6 /Library/Receipts/X11* /usr/include/X11 /usr/lib/X11
haroon
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