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Authored by: scottburton on Oct 29, '01 04:52:03PM

I followed the document to a line but I can't get XDarwin to run. It quits when I launch it from the finder and when I use 'startx' in the terminal it doesn't recognize '-rootless' as an argument.

Anyone else have this problem?

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[localhost:~] scott% startx


XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 2 June 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin
Display mode: IOKit

Fatal server error:
Failed to connect as window server!
Quit the Mac OS X window server or use the -quartz option.

OsVendorFatalError
AbortDDX
Quitting XDarwin...
^Cxinit: Resource temporarily unavailable (errno 35): unexpected signal 2

[localhost:~] scott% startx -- -rootless -fakebuttons

Unrecognized option: -rootless
use: X [:<display>] [option]

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Same Problem.
Authored by: SaturnTim on Nov 20, '01 02:45:05PM

Yea, I have the same problem running on my new tiBook.

Check the consol.app, does it day anything like this:


Fatal server error:
assert failed on line 454 of darwinKeyboard.c!

OsVendorFaralError
AbortDDX
Quitting XDarwin...




I'm not sure what it all means, but It doesn't look good.
I'll keep fooling with it and post back if I find a solution.

--nw



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Quartz option not installed...
Authored by: robg on Nov 20, '01 05:20:55PM

I've only seen this error ...

"Fatal server error:
Failed to connect as window server!
Quit the Mac OS X window server or use the -quartz option."

... when the "Quartz" option package wasn't downloaded or (for some reason) installed with XFree86. One thing I learned after I wrote the guide: make sure you have the XFree86 installer package inside a path with no spaces in the directory names - the "install.sh" script chokes over spaces...

-rob.



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Same Problem as SaturnTim
Authored by: hedgeman on Nov 30, '01 11:26:55PM
I'm experienceing the same issue as SaturnTim. WHen I run XDarwin I get the error message in the console:
Fatal server error: assert failed on line 454 of darwinKeyboard.c! OsVendorFatalError AbortDDX Quitting XDarwin...
Anyone know that this means and how to fix it? waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .

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Re: Same Problem as SaturnTim
Authored by: rzdroj on Dec 01, '01 10:27:24PM

What version of XDarwin do you have? When I followed the instructions I ended up with version 1.0 and had the same problem. It can be fixed by specifying the Keymapping File in the XDarwin Preferences menu item under the Start Up tab.

The Keymapping File was blank and needs to be set to /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping. You can't start XDarwin by double clicking the icon. To do this, you must first start it by running

"startx -- -quartz -keymap /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping"

in the terminal without the quotes. Let me caution you that it has been some time since I have done this and I'm not sure about the -quartz term. This will start XDarwin, and, if it does, you will be able to access the Preferences item under the XDarwin menu to enter the Keymapping file in the correct space. After that, you should no longer get that message and XDarwin will start with a double click.

It may also be true that more recent versions of XDarwin will have a keymap set already so that none of what I said above may be necessary(see several posts below this in the main thread where robg has announced the availability of XDarwin 1.0.4.1) I would recommend that you try the newest version first because you would want to be using that anyway. If the new version works, you're done.

Good luck,

Ron Z



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