Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of GNOME

Timestamp:

Sep 5, 2009, 8:55:33 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)

Comment:

Use xinitrc.d

GNOME

@@ -16 +16 @@
  ESPEAKER::
  localhost (this allows sound to play at least on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard)
-See the sample .xinitrc files for examples of how to set these variables.
+See the sample .xinitrc.d scripts for examples of how to set these variables.
 
-=== Sample .xinitrc Files ===
-The following ''~/.xinitrc'' requires Apple's [wiki:X11] and dbus:
+=== Sample .xinitrc.d script ===
+
+'''WARNING:''' If you have a ~/.xinitrc file on Leopard or SnowLeopard, delete it and instead use the ~/.xinitrc.d directory as directed below.
+
+The following examples are for use with MacPorts X11 server (xorg-server or xorg-server-devel), the Leopard X11 server, or the SnowLeopard X11 server.  For Tiger support, you will need to make a custom ~/.xinitrc file rather than a custom ~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh script.
+
+The following ''~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh'' requires dbus and uses quartz-wm for the WM:
 {{{
- # make sure X11 is MacPorts and /usr/local aware
- PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
- export PATH
- 
  # make the freedesktop menu entries work
  export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/local/share
@@ -39 +40 @@
  exec dbus-launch gnome-session
 }}}
-This ''~/.xinitrc'' works with any [wiki:X11] and uses GNOME's builtin window manager, ''Metacity'':
+
+This ''~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh'' uses GNOME's builtin window manager, ''Metacity'':
 {{{
- # make sure X11 is MacPorts and /usr/local aware
- PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
- export PATH
- 
  # make the freedesktop menu entries work
  export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/local/share