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Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: samac on December 05, 2004, 06:21:29 pm

I just tried to install abuse via package manager on a 5500 running oz 3.5.2. It told me that two libraries were required. These are in .../feed/x11/ and I started a command line download, which led to a secondary dependancy.

My question is this. Is it safe to add the x11 feed to Opie as it was not included by default, will X11 applications run under opie?

Samac

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: JohnKiniston on December 05, 2004, 07:19:17 pm

OPIE is not X11 based,
You will either have to start up X on a different VT than OPIE is on or use X/QT to the best of my knowledge.

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: allyrfriends on December 05, 2004, 07:25:29 pm

You should be able to use GPE on OZ 3.5.x. Though I'm not sure if X programs need any kind of adjustment to work in GPE, I don't think they do.

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: JohnKiniston on December 05, 2004, 07:34:27 pm

Yes normal X11 apps will display under GPE.

I ssh'd to a Debian system and set my DISPLAY to be the Zaurus and ran xclock, gnome-terminal and firefox for fun.

The apps dont fit well on the 320x240 screen of my 5500.

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: allyrfriends on December 05, 2004, 07:54:34 pm

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Yes normal X11 apps will display under GPE.

Great. So, samac, if you need to use Abuse, switching to GPE is the easiest option.

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I ssh'd to a Debian system and set my DISPLAY to be the Zaurus and ran xclock, gnome-terminal and firefox for fun.

Out of curiosity, how did you do that? The version of ssh that comes with OZ (3.5.1 at least) doesn't support the -X option.

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: JohnKiniston on December 05, 2004, 07:58:40 pm

I ended up doing a xhost + on the zaurus to allow anyone to display apps on it.

It worked for testing but I would not recommend it due to the total lack of security

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: allyrfriends on December 05, 2004, 08:14:10 pm

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I ended up doing a xhost + on the zaurus to allow anyone to display apps on it.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks. And now Nictotine is running on my 5500, from my G4, and, actually, it manages to fit the screen pretty well. Mostly. It's much better rotated, of course.

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: samac on December 06, 2004, 07:38:55 am

OK as I am likely to stick with Opie, rather than GPE, then I guess no Abuse. In that case the Abuse package should be removed from the Opie feed.

Thanks all

Samac

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: lardman on December 06, 2004, 09:06:23 am

XQt?

Si

Title: X11 Applications On Opie
Post by: JohnKiniston on December 06, 2004, 10:16:25 am

X/Qt http://xqt.sourceforge.jp/index.html (http://xqt.sourceforge.jp/index.html)