Comments on: The Leopard Limps a Bit http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/ Exploring the Realms of GIS Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stan http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-20149 Stan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:56:37 +0000 http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/#comment-20149 Apple really did screw up the X11 update. Fortunately, they are at least trying to rectify that as quickly as possible, and publicly. The dev in charge of X11.app was very communicative with the general community and has been posting quick patches to Xquartz at a furious rate to deal with the most glaring bugs. The long term plan is to develop the OS X version of X.org right inside the general X.org source repository, rather than in private at Apple. Now it is all hosted at: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz The Releases link will let you download an "unofficial" X11.app 2.1.0.1 which fixes some of the most glaring bugs. It works great with everything I've tried it on, except NX. I'm not sure what it is about NX, but it seems to stress out X11.app more than any other program. The yellow cursor bug is gone, but now the red/yellow/green window control dots in the upper left corner are detached from the window. I can still use NX, but it minimizes itself if my mouse goes over the floating window controls. If things continue to be bad (NX is very important), I might consider downgrading to the Tiger version of X11. They have instructions here: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ Apple really did screw up the X11 update. Fortunately, they are at least trying to rectify that as quickly as possible, and publicly. The dev in charge of X11.app was very communicative with the general community and has been posting quick patches to Xquartz at a furious rate to deal with the most glaring bugs. The long term plan is to develop the OS X version of X.org right inside the general X.org source repository, rather than in private at Apple.

Now it is all hosted at:
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz

The Releases link will let you download an “unofficial” X11.app 2.1.0.1 which fixes some of the most glaring bugs. It works great with everything I’ve tried it on, except NX. I’m not sure what it is about NX, but it seems to stress out X11.app more than any other program. The yellow cursor bug is gone, but now the red/yellow/green window control dots in the upper left corner are detached from the window. I can still use NX, but it minimizes itself if my mouse goes over the floating window controls.

If things continue to be bad (NX is very important), I might consider downgrading to the Tiger version of X11. They have instructions here:
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ

]]> By: Gary Sherman http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-18528 Gary Sherman Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:46:28 +0000 http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/#comment-18528 I would be interested in how this is works -- it's not readily apparent to me how Linux CUPS printers are configured on OS X. I would be interested in how this is works — it’s not readily apparent to me how Linux CUPS printers are configured on OS X.

]]> By: bahamat http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-18526 bahamat Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:25:52 +0000 http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/#comment-18526 I fail to see why you need AFP printing. CUPS automatically shares with OS X clients. I fail to see why you need AFP printing. CUPS automatically shares with OS X clients.

]]> By: Gary Sherman http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-18402 Gary Sherman Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:14:41 +0000 http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/#comment-18402 X11 on Tiger is XFree86. There is a fix for the yellow cursor (it involves replacing Xquartz, but only applies to Intel Macs: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060316124704289&query=x11 X11 on Tiger is XFree86. There is a fix for the yellow cursor (it involves replacing Xquartz, but only applies to Intel Macs:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060316124704289&query=x11

]]> By: Piet van Remortel http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-18357 Piet van Remortel Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:34:15 +0000 http://spatialgalaxy.net/2007/11/03/the-leopard-limps-a-bit/#comment-18357 Hi, Interesting post - tnx. We are about to upgrade to Leopard in a few days. We use the mac's the same way as you describe it - through NX to command the linux boxes. Actually, we never really solved the extremely annoying 'yellow pointer' issue (NX to Ubuntu). Can you point me to a link where I can find a solution ? Also, could you clarify the X11/XFree86 naming issue ? I thought the Mac X11 on Tiger *is* an XFree86 implementation, but we still have the yellow pointer there. I conclude from your post that the 'old' Tiger X11 (which we are still running) solved the yellow pointer for you !? regards, Piet Hi,

Interesting post – tnx. We are about to upgrade to Leopard in a few days. We use the mac’s the same way as you describe it – through NX to command the linux boxes. Actually, we never really solved the extremely annoying ‘yellow pointer’ issue (NX to Ubuntu). Can you point me to a link where I can find a solution ?

Also, could you clarify the X11/XFree86 naming issue ? I thought the Mac X11 on Tiger *is* an XFree86 implementation, but we still have the yellow pointer there. I conclude from your post that the ‘old’ Tiger X11 (which we are still running) solved the yellow pointer for you !?

regards,

Piet

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