[Wine] Re: "Serious Error" with Mac OS X Leopard

drh wineforum-user at winehq.org
Fri Feb 26 14:07:24 CST 2010


James Mckenzie wrote:
> 
> > some platinum games aren't quite as platinum on Macs because X11 sucks so bad on Macs.  Try the same
> > installer in a virtual desktop.
> > 
> 
> Or you can try installing version 2.4.0 of XQuartz or you can try using the MacPorts version of X11.  
> 
> Apple IS trying to make X11 better and maybe we should help them by testing/reporting problems to the XQuartz and MacPorts teams.
> 
> One thing I will mention is that Leopard must be at version 10.5.8 in order to use the latest version of X11 from either of these fine organizations.
> 
> James McKenzie

Thanks a lot, James.  I installed XQuartz 2.4.0 and it started right up.  I didn't explore too far, but at least it got me much past that critical juncture.  Thanks again!







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