[Xquartz-dev] x11 pymol vs GT 120

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On May 6, 2010, at 16:08, Jack Howarth wrote:

>  I just got a new MacPro dual quad this week and am
> finding with the stock X11 in 10.6.2 that the fink
> pymol 1.2r2 produces strobing in the Pymol viewer
> window

yes, we have an open ticket for this (originated by you).  The HD2600 drivers were fixed in Snow Leopard, but the problem still exists with nVidia.

> I am reluctant to install Xorg 2.5.0 on
> this machine because the fink developers aren't
> testing or supporting building against that configuration
> on Snow Leopard. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Installing XQuartz on Snow Leopard will not effect Fink.  It just doesn't get used by Fink.  Fink uses what is in /usr/X11.

--Jeremy