MacFixIt Article: Troubleshooting X11: Solution for non-admin user problems
MacFixIt Article: Troubleshooting X11: Solution for non-admin user problems
- Subject: MacFixIt Article: Troubleshooting X11: Solution for non-admin user problems
- From: Vincent <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:32:25 -0500
Sorry for the earlier post here is the article posted on macfixit.com
Troubleshooting X11: Solution for non-admin user problems
X11, Apple's adaption of the X Window System under Mac OS X, allows
users to run applications like OpenOffice and other X Window packages .
Apple recently released a new beta of X11, version 0.2.1, which
dramatically boosts performance among other enhancements. However, the
new release also fails to delete some lock-files that it creates in the
/tmp directory:
/tmp/.X0-lock
/tmp/.X11-unix/
/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
While the presence of these files does not cause a problem for the
admin user, any other user that attempts to launch and use X11 will be
presented with an error message similar to:
"Fatal server error: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X0-lock."
The problem can be resolved by the admin user deleting the tmp files
via the Terminal (after closing X11) with the command:
cd /tmp ; sudo rm -Rv .X*
Unfortunately, a handful of readers have reported that deleting the tmp
files - particularly the .X0-lock file - results in failure of X11 for
all users. If this happens, you will need to reinstall the original X11
0.2.1 package .
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