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I'm pretty new to all this so I could be very wrong! But I think you must have a call for GIMP in your xinitrc file. This will either be in /etc/x11/xinit or you might have a .xinitrc (note the dot) in your home directory. If not, do a search on these lists and you'll find loads about this file.

Thank, Cat. I did look in my home file and didn't find one. Am I right in thinking that Apple X11 has to have one somewhere on the system to know to load the Xterm? I'll take a look at the examples anyway. Regards

Hello Everyone I have another question. In the Fink user guide it says to edit the .xinitrc file so that Apple X11 can work with fink. Where do I find the .xinitrc file? or if I have to create one, where do I put it? Thanks in advance. Paul

OK, I've installed Virex 7.2.1. I still haven't installed fink yet. I have found a directory called /sw (in root), which contains a file called DS_Store.lib. So I delete this directory, install fink and live happily ever after? Forgive the extreme caution, I'm a coward by nature! Many thanks...

Hello World! This is my first post and I am taking the first faltering steps into *nix. I have installed Apple's X11 and the SDK. I also downloaded, but not yet installed fink and something called X11 extension (what does this do??). My question is... I already have Virex 7.2 installed from...