Re: Relation of X11 for Panther to Inkscape Launching?
Re: Relation of X11 for Panther to Inkscape Launching?
- Subject: Re: Relation of X11 for Panther to Inkscape Launching?
- From: "Axel E. Retif" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:56:59 -0600
Kat,
You replied to me personally, but I'm sending this to the list
because there you'll get better answers.
Hello and thank you for your prompt reply! I have Panther, actually,
Yes, so sorry ---the subject of your message says so and I didn't pay
attention.
and the dialogue informed me that I needed "X11 for Panther" in
order to use Inkscape, so I used the link provided to go up on
Apple, but the page no longer worked, so I did go into apple
proper, then do a search for and found the download; it did not
SPECIFY it was for Panther but it did specify that it was for
OsX10.3 or higher so I figured I was safe. :)
Right. You need X11 for Panther. I've been looking in the Panther
disks that came with my G5 ---I can't find an X11 installer, but
perhaps disk 3, ``Additional Software & Apple Hardware Test''? I
don't know.
I found this page!
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11formacosx.html
It looks like yes, in disk 3, or you can download it there.
Best,
Axel
I will try the command line you asked me to and copy/paste that;
perhaps we can see what I need to do from there. Thanks!
Kat
On Nov 23, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Axel E. Retif wrote:
On 23 Nov, 2007, at 14:14, kathryn mcgee wrote:
[...] I wanted to try INKSCAPE.........and downloaded it only to
get a dialogue saying I needed X11; which I downloaded,
installed, checked to be sure both were installed; initially, a
Dos like window came up with my admin user name in the main
command line. I do not have great familiarity with terminal, etc.
So I had no idea what i was supposed to do, and closed it.
It's xterm. It's OK to close it if you don't need it.
I have subsequently read on X11 but none of it is particularly
enlightening to me; I began reading in the forum, after doing a
search on Inkscape and X11 but only located a couple entries that
did not enlighten me since the reply indicated one simply had to
launch Inkscape and that was it; this apparently is not true in
my case; when I double click on Inkscape to open it, X11 opens,
and it is X11's menu that is available to me; under Applications,
I have three choices and "customize" but I am not sure what
"customize" means n this case.
No need to customize anything to use Inkscape. Maybe you're
running Leopard, because with Tiger I have no problems with
Inkscape, which I just double-click and it launches X11.
For the knowledgeable people in this list to be able to help you,
open Console (in /Applications/Utilities), launch Inkscape and
copy what Console says when Inkscape is trying to launch.
For example, I copy below the relevant part; despite the errors
shown, Inkscape launches fine and I can open SVG graphics.
Best,
Axel
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XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
[DRI] screen 0 installation complete
Screen 0 added: 1920x1200 @ (0,0)
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,
removing from list!
bash: no job control in this shell
grep: write error: Bad file descriptor
(inkscape-bin:319): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C
library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Unable to find: FullScreen
** (inkscape-bin:319): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: FullScreen
Unable to find: FullScreen
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they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch
your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it
becomes your destiny.
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