Hi, I am having some minor problems with Apple-supplied X, in that "transitory" effects (I am not sure how to call them, but they include the save progress bar in Openoffice or the window outlines in "technical" or "box" window movement in E16) do not appear. This becomes aggravating when doing image rotation with the Gimp, when the grid lines do not show up. In (probably) the same line or thought, the pager in E16 looks good, except for the desktop currently in front, which shows full white in the pager. In some other minor annoyance, as soon as I use a window manager other than Apple's (tested with E16 and Metacity), I can no longer bring X windows in front of Aqua windows. I would use the Apple WM, except that then I cannnot seem to persuade the windows to appear in GNOME's window list (they get minimized in the dock instead, and although they do appear in the window list when unminimized, one cannot interact with them from there). In all, here are my questions: Is there any possibility to convince those transitory effects I was mentioning to appear? I believe that this is an X issue, and I also notice that an XFree86 port is available. Has anybody tried it, and is it better (at least in this respect) than Apple's X server? Is replacing the X server even recommended? If so, are there any caveats or special procedures on the matter? What WM do you guys use? I really like E16, but I would switch to something else if I can convince X windows to live in peace with Aqua windows (but I would also like to use the GNOME window list). Thank you in advance for any information. Stefan
Hi Stefan, What version of the X11 App are you using. do you have the latest update installed. I have a Powerbook G4, X11 1.1.3, gnome and things work for me. What does your .xinitrc look like? Are you using the quarz-wm in proxy mode? Stereo turned on? regards Keith. Am 14.08.2007 um 15:57 schrieb Stefan Bruda:
Hi,
I am having some minor problems with Apple-supplied X, in that "transitory" effects (I am not sure how to call them, but they include the save progress bar in Openoffice or the window outlines in "technical" or "box" window movement in E16) do not appear. This becomes aggravating when doing image rotation with the Gimp, when the grid lines do not show up. In (probably) the same line or thought, the pager in E16 looks good, except for the desktop currently in front, which shows full white in the pager.
In some other minor annoyance, as soon as I use a window manager other than Apple's (tested with E16 and Metacity), I can no longer bring X windows in front of Aqua windows. I would use the Apple WM, except that then I cannnot seem to persuade the windows to appear in GNOME's window list (they get minimized in the dock instead, and although they do appear in the window list when unminimized, one cannot interact with them from there).
In all, here are my questions:
Is there any possibility to convince those transitory effects I was mentioning to appear? I believe that this is an X issue, and I also notice that an XFree86 port is available. Has anybody tried it, and is it better (at least in this respect) than Apple's X server? Is replacing the X server even recommended? If so, are there any caveats or special procedures on the matter?
What WM do you guys use? I really like E16, but I would switch to something else if I can convince X windows to live in peace with Aqua windows (but I would also like to use the GNOME window list).
Thank you in advance for any information.
Stefan
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Hi, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
What version of the X11 App are you using. do you have the latest update installed.
Mac OS X 10.4.10 (Intel Macbook Pro C2D), X11 1.1.3, Xcode 2.4, all up to date according to Apple's Software Update.
I have a Powerbook G4, X11 1.1.3, gnome and things work for me.
Seems to be the same here (except that I am on an Intel box). GNOME works mostly fine, with some glitches though as detailed earlier. What WM are you using?
What does your .xinitrc look like? Are you using the quarz-wm in proxy mode? Stereo turned on?
Yes, I am using quarz-wm in proxy mode. I am not sure what you mean by stereo being turned on. .xinitrc looks like this: source ~/.profile export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/local/share export XDG_DATA_HOME=/opt/local/share export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/opt/local/etc/xdg quartz-wm --only-proxy & e16 & gkrellm & esd -noterminate -nobeeps & exec dbus-launch gnome-session Thanks again, Stefan
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