Re: X11 and the new powerbook
Re: X11 and the new powerbook
- Subject: Re: X11 and the new powerbook
- From: Roger Midmore <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:19:05 -0600 (CST)
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Roger Midmore wrote:
I've installed the XFree86 release on my new powerbook,
but when I run it from the
console I get these error messages.
tcsh: userclientrc=/Users/roger/.xinitrc: Command not found.
tcsh: userserverrc=/Users/roger/.xserverrc: Command not found.
tcsh: sysclientrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: Command not found.
tcsh: sysserverrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: Command not found.
tcsh: defaultclient=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Command not found.
tcsh: defaultserver=/usr/X11R6/bin/X: Command not found.
tcsh: defaultclientargs=: Command not found.
tcsh: defaultserverargs=: Command not found.
tcsh: clientargs=: Command not found.
tcsh: serverargs=: Command not found.
tcsh: userclientrc: Undefined variable.
I thought that X didn't need to be manually configured with darwin and OS
X. Will configuring X like a linux or NetBSD distro work with OS X?
roger
>
> I just bought a new 17" powerbook and want to install X windows on it,
> however I've had some problems. First X will only run on top of Quartz and
> only with twm, if I try another wm in full screen it just pops out. And
> when I run it from the console without quartz itcan only be run as the
> root user, when it loads it shows first a desktop of OS X then proompts
> for full screen or rootless. And if I try to use another wm besides twm it
> will hang. Has anyone else had similar problems?
>
> roger
>
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