Re: [Fink-beginners] Trouble with Xorg installation on Intel iMac

[Alexander K. H. <ale...@gm...>]

On 3/29/06, Laine Lee <lai...@ut...> wrote:
> I've been pretty successful with X11 and Fink on my new Intel iMac, but I=
'm
> not able to get past a glitch that apparently concerns an executable call=
ed
> fc-cache that resides in /usr/X11R86/bin. During the setting-up step for
> xorg, the error refers to that file and contains the message "Segmentatio=
n
> fault".

It's generally better to include a verbatim transcript of an error
rather than a verbal description.

I can double-click that file in the Finder, and the same message
> appears in the new Terminal window that launches. I tried getting the
> executable from a working xorg installation on a PPC, but then the error
> message changes to indicate that the executable is made for the wrong
> architecture.

Right--in spite of the hype about Rosetta, you'll have problems if you do t=
his.

I've tried installing other font related packages to see if
> another one might install the executable, because the file is installed
> during the unpacking step of xorg installation, and isn't overwritten if =
it
> already exists. Is there another package that might install a working
> version of the file? Thanks.
>

nope:

$ dpkg -S fc-cache
xorg: /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache
xorg: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/fc-cache.1.html
xorg: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/fc-cache.1

> --
> Laine Lee
>
>
>
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Alexander K. Hansen
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