January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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Running XDarwin
XDarwin can be run
in two modes: full-screen or rootless. Either of these modes run side
by side with Aqua, although full-screen mode hides the Finder
Desktop. To launch the X server, double-click the XDarwin application
(/Applications).
You will be prompted to choose which of these two modes to run. In rootless mode, X11 applications take up their own window on your Aqua Desktop. In full-screen mode, X11 takes over the entire screen and is suitable if you want to run an X11 Desktop environment (DTE) like GNOME, KDE, or Xfce. If you prefer rootless mode, you will probably want to run OroborOSX, an X window manager with an Aqua look and feel (see Section 23.5, later in this chapter).
You can still access your Mac OS X Desktop while in full-screen mode by pressing Option-
-A. To go back to the X11 Desktop, press either Option-
-A, or click the XDarwin icon in the Dock.
Running XDarwin from the Console
XDarwin can also be run from the Darwin console. To do so, first shut
down Core Graphics by logging into the machine as
console. When the console prompt appears, log in
with your normal username.
Once logged in, start the X11 server by entering the command exec startx. To quit X11, type exit from the main login Terminal window. If there is a long delay showing only the spinning ...
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