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subboy Blue Pill
Joined: Feb 20, 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject: cannot switch out of x11 |
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OO2.0, mac os x3.9
OO launches ok, x11 opens, and i can use the product just fine. however, i am trapped in the x11 window! eek. the only way to switch is to quit, and that's not useful at all. i can't find anything about this.
oh, the xterm window does open in x11, but it's just a prompt and i have no idea what to do with it.
tia. |
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jakeOSX Ninja
Joined: Aug 12, 2003 Posts: 1373
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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xterm is just a prompt, so that is good, that is what you are supposed to see.
now when you say trapped, what do you mean? X11 should run 'rootless' which means your desktop (and dock, and such) don't go away, and the X11 programs just run as windows, is that happening? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: |
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i launch OO, i get 2 things. 1, OO is open in it's own window. 2, behind it, an odd grey full-window screen that includes the xterm window. it's the full window of grey that i cannot escape without quitting x11. even quitting OO does no good -- i am basically trapped in this grey x11 window.
if i run x11 on it's own, i get a smal xterm window and nothing else. it's launching OO that leads to this problem. but OO seems ok itself. |
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jakeOSX Ninja
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:35 am Post subject: |
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yeah, it sounds like you are running X11 in full screen when OO.oX11 is open... now why it would do that, i am not sure.
Unfortunatly i am at work (on a PC) so there is only so much i remember off the top of my head. though i would try moving your OpenOffice.org preferences to the desktop, then start it up and see if it does the same thing (since it seems like it is an OO.o preference than an X11 one...)
-j
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Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: |
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thanks, jake -- not an OO issue but you pushed me in the right direction.
i had set x11 to "full screen" mode, misunderstanding what that meant. it's a no-no with OO -- can somebody add that to the faq? as a note?
it's working now and i am very happy. yay. |
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jakeOSX Ninja
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:31 am Post subject: |
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=) cool. that was gonna be my next thing to check.
glad it works, i'll get it added into the FAQ (which i am updating to 2.0 final in my copieous free time.) |
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duke666 Guest
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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I'm having the same problem. How did you set X11 to open in root mode instead of full screen?
By the way, Command-Option-A will toggle you out of X11 fullscreen. |
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duke666 Guest
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Oops. I meant rootless. |
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jakeOSX Ninja
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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it should be a part of the X11 preferances. unfortunatly i am PC bound at the moment and can't confirm... |
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val1984 Oracle
Joined: May 30, 2005 Posts: 229 Location: France
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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jakeOSX wrote: | it should be a part of the X11 preferances. unfortunatly i am PC bound at the moment and can't confirm... |
Yeah, switch out of full screen mode by pressing Cmd-alt-A and then open X11 preferences (X11 > Preferences…) and uncheck full screen mode in the output tab. |
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cospino Blue Pill
Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Colombia
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Wish I'd found this thread earlier jake did help me out with this problem on a a question I posted myself...I agree it should be on the FAQ'S, Just like the ms access reading problem I have, due (I believe) to defective Drivers?
It also looks like Version 2.0.1 for Mac OS X does not have the MS ACCESS OPTION for conecting to an existing database!
C.O. |
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