Reading (For Dummies)

No More Frustration

Yay. I managed to fix it. For anyone reading that cares, or runs into similiar problems: If you install the Apple X11 SDK first, _then_ remove your fink x server, that's bad. The SDK replaces some files from the fink xfree86 versions, and when you remove the fink versions it deletes those files. Then when you install the dummy X11 server in fink (system-xfree86), it complains because it needs the SDK files. So re-install the X11 SDK fixes the errors. So in conclusion, what you should do to switch to apple's X11 server:

1) Remove whatever x server you have installed by fink (dpkg -r --force-depends -- do this because it'll prevent you from having to reinstall all your packages that depend on X).
2) Install Apple's X11 Server
3) Install Apple's X11 SDK
4) Install system-xfree86

If you do things out of order, don't panic. Take a deep breath, and follow the instructions exactly as above. They'll work even if you partially screwed your system.

So I have the gimp running accelerated under Jaguar, all pretty. It runs a little slower than it did under linux though...looks like things aren't quite optimized...