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List:       fink-beginners
Subject:    Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: running xsnow...
From:       wayne <w () jawnee ! com>
Date:       2005-11-27 18:28:01
Message-ID: 200511271828.jARISAY7030825 () bluebottle-fe6 ! bluebottle ! com
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thanks dan....  i found the option to switch between x11 and mac  
desktops in the x11 preferences..  im running the latest x11 from  
apple...

thanks again, wayne


On Nov 16, 2005, at 1:30 AM, Daniel E. Macks wrote:

> w@jawnee.com <w@jawnee.com> said:
>>
>>    new to fink and love it so far.. since it is that time of the
>> year, ive successfully (i think) installed xsnow from the unstable
>> tree onto 10.4.3 and can run the executable, however nothing
>> happens... the process is running and runs until i kill it, but no
>> snow is displayed, etc...  i have tried using a plain desktop
>> picture, etc... im pretty new to mac and fink, so any help in
>> cheering up my desktop would be appreciated...
>
> xsnow displays in the X11 environment on the x11 background. If you
> are using x11 in rootless mode (you see x11 and normal Mac application
> windows at the same time), the x11 background is hidden. You need to
> set x11 to be rooted (full-screen, where you press a certain key to
> switch between the x11 and Mac-like worlds) to see the snow.
>
> There are Aqua snow programs available...google for: xsnow "os x"
>
> dan
>
> -- 
> Daniel Macks
> dmacks@netspace.org
> http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks
>
>
>
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