On Feb 25, 2008, at 17:51 , Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> True. I was just hoping you'd confirm this solves the problem with
> broken startup scripts. It should, but I haven't tested it yet.
>
> --Jeremy
>
> On Feb 25, 2008, at 08:49, Tim Cox wrote:
>
>> Thanks! But I'm happy enough just to remove an unwanted (and
>> clearly inappropriate anyway) line from my .bashrc.
>>
>> Regards, Tim
>>
>> On Feb 25, 2008, at 17:40 , Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>>
>>> Tim, if you edit /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.x.X11.plist to
>>> have:
>>>
>>> <key>ProgramArguments</key>
>>> <array>
>>> <string>/bin/bash</string>
>>> <string>--login</string>
>>> <string>-c</string>
>>> <string>/usr/X11/bin/startx</string>
>>> </array>
>>>
>>> instead of the block that is there, it should work (you may need
>>> to reboot) for you with that startup script.
>>>
>>> On Feb 25, 2008, at 03:13, Tim Cox wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had exactly the same situation you show in your system log and
>>>> traced it back to having 'set noclobber' in my .bashrc (which I
>>>> have soft-linked to .bash_profile in a probably futile attempt to
>>>> minimize the number of distinct startup scripts.) This only
>>>> started being a problem with the more recent Xquartz releases (I
>>>> think it started with 2.1.3). I am fairly sure that any such
>>>> 'incompatible' startup-script commands will lead to the pattern
>>>> of behaviour you see. Once I removed the 'set noclobber'
>>>> everything works fine.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Tim
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 24, 2008, at 21:09 , Adrian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently obtained X11 2.1.4 from a Mac OS X software update.
>>>>> With this upgrade, I can no longer launch X11. When I try to
>>>>> launch the console by opening X11.app, the app flashes briefly
>>>>> on the dock then disappears. The full output from the console
>>>>> is below. I have tried repairing permissions and reinstalling
>>>>> 2.1.4, but the problem persists.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some details that may have some bearing on this problem:
>>>>> 1. In the past, I did not run X11 from the standard location
>>>>> with no problems. When I updated from OS 10.4 to 10.5, all my
>>>>> applications were migrated over, so I continued to run X11 from
>>>>> the nonstandard location with no problems.
>>>>> 2. I have used the xterminator application to change some of the
>>>>> behavior of X11 in the past. However, this application seems to
>>>>> be incompatible with the latest version of X11 and/or OS X.
>>>>> When I try to apply changes using the application, X11 does its
>>>>> usual dock pop and disappear, then the system preferences open.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help restoring the functionality of my X11 terminal would be
>>>>> greatly appreciated. I'm sorry I'm not more knowledgeable and
>>>>> so can't provide better information. If there is anything that
>>>>> could help to diagnose this problem, just let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>> Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 9:59:22 AM [0x0-0x16016].org.x.X11[139] Last login: Sun
>>>>> Feb 24 09:56:43 on console
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] X11.app:
>>>>> main(): argc=2
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[0] = /
>>>>> Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[1] = -
>>>>> psn_0_106522
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM defaults[242]
>>>>> The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] 2008-02-24 10:01:38.400
>>>>> defaults[242:10b]
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] The domain/default pair of
>>>>> (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM defaults[243]
>>>>> The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] 2008-02-24 10:01:38.411
>>>>> defaults[243:10b]
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] The domain/default pair of
>>>>> (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM defaults[244]
>>>>> The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, nolisten_tcp) does not
>>>>> exist
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] 2008-02-24 10:01:38.422
>>>>> defaults[244:10b]
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] The domain/default pair of
>>>>> (org.x.X11, nolisten_tcp) does not exist
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] xauth: creating new
>>>>> authority file /Users/adrian/.serverauth.230
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] xinit: Detected Xquartz
>>>>> startup, setting file=X, argv[0]=/Applications/Internet/Terminal/
>>>>> X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] XQuartz starting:
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230]
X.org Release 7.2
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] X.Org X Server 1.3.0-apple10
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] Build Date: 20080213
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] TransformProcessType: Success
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] Xquartz: run by launchd for
>>>>> fd 0
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] X11.app:
>>>>> Closing the display and sleeping for 2s to allow the X server to
>>>>> start up.
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] X11.app:
>>>>> Launching /usr/X11/bin/xterm:
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[0] = /usr/
>>>>> bin/login
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[1] = -fp
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[2] = adrian
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[3] = /bin/
>>>>> sh
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[4] = -c
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] argv[5] = /usr/
>>>>> X11/bin/xterm
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] waiting for X server to shut
>>>>> down .
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:38 AM org.x.X11[230] Quitting XQuartz...
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:39 AM com.apple.launchd[79] (org.x.X11) Throttling
>>>>> respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM defaults[280]
>>>>> The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] 2008-02-24 10:01:48.814
>>>>> defaults[280:10b]
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] The domain/default pair of
>>>>> (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM defaults[281]
>>>>> The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] 2008-02-24 10:01:48.839
>>>>> defaults[281:10b]
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] The domain/default pair of
>>>>> (org.x.X11, no_auth) does not exist
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM defaults[282]
>>>>> The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, nolisten_tcp) does not
>>>>> exist
>>>>>
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] 2008-02-24 10:01:48.851
>>>>> defaults[282:10b]
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] The domain/default pair of
>>>>> (org.x.X11, nolisten_tcp) does not exist
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] xauth: creating new
>>>>> authority file /Users/adrian/.serverauth.268
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] xinit: Detected Xquartz
>>>>> startup, setting file=X, argv[0]=/Applications/Internet/Terminal/
>>>>> X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] XQuartz starting:
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268]
X.org Release 7.2
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] X.Org X Server 1.3.0-apple10
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] Build Date: 20080213
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] TransformProcessType: Success
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:48 AM org.x.X11[268] Xquartz: run by launchd for
>>>>> fd 0
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:49 AM org.x.X11[268] waiting for X server to shut
>>>>> down
>>>>> 2/24/08 10:01:49 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.x.X11[229] X connection
>>>>> to /tmp/launch-Lp8tLZ/:0 broken (explicit kill or server
>>>>> shutdown).
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