Re: Explanation of X implementations
Re: Explanation of X implementations
- Subject: Re: Explanation of X implementations
- From: John Bassett <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:51:50 -0500
- Thread-topic: Explanation of X implementations
Thanks again. I missed this when reading through the digests.
On 11/16/07 1:42 PM, "Nathan" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Heh, this looks familiar!
>
> ----------
>
> Short answer: Use Xephyr.
>
> Here's the start of the thread if you want to see the whole
> discussion: http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2007/Nov/msg00405.html
>
> Here's where the working command is documented:
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2007/Nov/msg00515.html
>
> Here's where to go to figure out how to install Xephyr:
> http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin
>
> ~ Nathan
>
> Read through the thread by clicking on the "Next by thread" link, if
> you're interested.
>
> On Nov 16, 2007 7:42 AM, John Bassett <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> With a lot of advice from the list, I broke down and upgraded to Leopard.
>> Things have improved greatly with the 7.2 X.org implementation, including
>> running Gnome locally and many x programs running properly against our
>> Solaris 9 systems. I have a few remaining problems that I am hoping people
>> can help me with.
>>
>> First, when I launch the regular terminal, it runs X now as well. Then I
>> cannot get X query to work as another instance is running. Its takes three
>> attempts at quitting the application to get it to go away. I presume
>> terminal is sharing a config file with xterm, but I do not know how to get
>> that to stop with just terminal.
>>
>> My second problem relates to the first. If I run /usr/X11R6/bin/X query
>> mymachine, with mymachine being a SPARC3/Solaris 9 machine, I get the Common
>> Desktop signon that I want, but my keystrokes to sign on are recorded in in
>> the xterm window, not the Common Desktop login screen. Mouse clicks are
>> working against Common Desktop.
>>
>> I also do not know why the installation program installs x.org 7.2 in X11R6
>> instead of X11R7, but its definitely the right release. When I start X
>> query, the display shows Xquartz server based on X.org Release 7.2, built
>> on 2007924.
>>
>> I realize that I am new to X and appreciate your patience.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/14/07 1:54 PM, "Jeremy Huddleston" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:41 AM, John Bassett wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thank you for the explanation that helps a lot. I have two more questions.
>> First, would you recommend that I uninstall what I have (I am sure it came
>> off of the 10.4 DVD) and install X.org's 7.2? Second, is Fink similar to
>> Macports?
>>
>> If you upgraded OSX from 10.4 to 10.5, the 10.4 X11 package (XFree86) was
>> replaced with 10.5's (X.Org). You should not have any leftovers on your
>> system outside of /PreviousSystems
>>
>> If you are still on 10.4, there is a guide to installing the new X on 10.4
>> (albeit slightly out of date) on the wiki (http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin).
>> If you're feeling brave, you can certainly go through those steps to install
>> the new X on 10.4. It would be nice if you could update the wiki as you go
>> to correct any mistakes or just comment on the process here, so someone else
>> can update it.
>>
>> --Jeremy
>>
>>
>>
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