Re: Sudden loss of X11 functionality -- HELP! (Solution?)
Re: Sudden loss of X11 functionality -- HELP! (Solution?)
- Subject: Re: Sudden loss of X11 functionality -- HELP! (Solution?)
- From: robert delius royar <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:16:12 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: An Apple OS X end user
- Priority: NEW
Tue, 7 Dec 2004 (16:05 -0500 UTC) Jim Solderitsch wrote:
On Dec 7, 2004, at 3:08 PM, Jim Solderitsch wrote:
On Dec 7, 2004, at 2:17 PM, Rich Cook wrote:
What's in your .xinitrc if anything?
On Dec 7, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Jim Solderitsch wrote:
I used X11 under Mac OS X 10.3.6 just last week with no problems.
Well, I have located the culprit. In the X11.app's X11 Preferences window
there are 3 tabbed panes: Input, Output and Security.
etc.
As a follow-up. The following terminal command makes my X11 setup work when
it is not working:
defaults write com.apple.x11 no_auth -boolean true
whereas the following command breaks my X11 setup:
defaults write com.apple.x11 no_auth -boolean false
These clearly are the same as unchecking and checking the authentication
button in the X11 app's preferences window.
I still don't know why this suddenly became a major issue for me and my
previously stable X11 life.
Jim
I think I am seeing exactly the same issue with Xorg's XDarwin-based
X11.app. The problem began with a security update right before 10.3.6
came out. Currently every time I restart my PowerBook (not that often), I
have to start X once and let it fail as you describe, launch a script I have
that runs a "mini-.xinitrc," close things down, exit X11.app, and restart
the application once more, whereupon it runs my .xinitrc without a hitch.
I too have the authentication settings off because I change IP addresses
often and don't connect to external X servers anyway or open my firewall. I
have discovered that XDarwin can get confused by changes to the
com.apple.x11 file if I occasionally also launch XDarwin.
--
Dr. Robert Delius Royar Associate Professor of English
Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky
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