Re: 10.5.1 and (no) X11
Re: 10.5.1 and (no) X11
- Subject: Re: 10.5.1 and (no) X11
- From: William H Rahe <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:55:37 -0700
- Thread-topic: 10.5.1 and (no) X11
Updated this afternoon with no problem running 1.2a9
On 11/15/07 4:49 PM, "Mike" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Just a thought... perhaps use Disk Utilities to fix permissions?
>
> I am scared to update now. It took me three weeks to get to the point
> where most things work... the set back you describe sounds horrible.
> Hope you are an isolated case, and you can figure it out soon.
>
> -mike
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Michael Parson wrote:
>
>> Well, I applied 10.5.1 and now I can't get X11 to start at all.
>>
>> First, I tried to start it the way I started doing it back in Tiger,
>> via
>> Spotlight (cmd-space x11 enter), but nothing happens, no bouncing
>> icons
>> on the dock, nothing.
>>
>> So, I fire up a terminal and try running xterm:
>>
>> $ xterm
>> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>>
>> So, I try and run it straight out of the .app:
>>
>> 16:01:49] [~] lbb $ cd /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/
>> [16:02:29] [/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS] lbb $ ./
>> X11
>> command=/usr/X11/bin/xterm
>> [16:02:31] [/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS] lbb $
>> Last login: Thu Nov 15 16:01:42 on ttys001
>> /usr/X11/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: /usr/X11/bin/
>> xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>>
>> ?!
>>
>> Launching from /usr/X11/X11.app, I get two X11 dock icons, then one
>> icon, then no icons. No X11.
>>
>> Okay, from the command line:
>>
>> 16:04:14] [/usr/X11/X11.app/Contents/MacOS] lbb $ ./X11 X11.app
>> starting:
>> Xquartz server based on X.org Release 7.2, built on 20071113
>> Check-in failed: Permission denied
>> xrdb: Can't open display ''
>> can't open default display
>> Quitting XQuartz...
>>
>>
>> Hrm, a Permission denied error... I guess that's something, but I
>> don't
>> know what.
>>
>> In any case, I don't have any X11 right now, and I'm not liking that.
>>
>> :-/
>>
>> --
>> Michael Parson
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>>
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