Trying to revert X11 after 2.1.3 install
Trying to revert X11 after 2.1.3 install
- Subject: Trying to revert X11 after 2.1.3 install
- From: Fred Dushin <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:36:10 -0500
I'm trying to revert my X11 installation back to X11 2.0, as provided
in the Leopard installation disk, but I'm having a lot of problems
getting things back in shape.
Here's what I've done:
*) Following the "Messed it up, got confused, want to start over?"
instructions at http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ
, i.e., blew away /usr/X11*, /Applications/Utilities/X11.app, and did
the pkgutil --forget song-and-dance.
*) Reinstalled X11User from disk (this time, I did not install the
SDK, but all I'm trying to do is get the bloody X server up).
*) Ran a permissions repair in DiskUtility -- no issues of consequence
in any of the above directories, though there was an unexpected ACL
on /Application/Utilities.
*) rebooted (numerous times)
So, this is not working for me (even when trying to run from a
pristine account). Launching X11.app does nothing, and I'm getting
the following on the console log:
Jan 25 10:13:03 spock [0x0-0x1c01c].org.x.X11_launcher[183]: command=/
usr/X11/bin/xterm
Jan 25 10:13:03 spock com.apple.launchd[100]
([0x0-0x1c01c].org.x.X11_launcher[183]): Stray process with PGID equal
to this dead job: PID 184 PPID 1 login
Jan 25 10:13:03 spock login[184]: USER_PROCESS: 184 tty??
Jan 25 10:13:04 spock login[184]: DEAD_PROCESS: 184 tty??
Jan 25 10:13:04 spock [0x0-0x1c01c].org.x.X11_launcher[0]: -xterm Xt
error: Can't open display:
Jan 25 10:13:04 spock [0x0-0x1c01c].org.x.X11_launcher[0]: -xterm:
DISPLAY is not set
Jan 25 10:13:04 spock [0x0-0x1c01c].org.x.X11_launcher[0]: Last login:
Fri Jan 25 10:12:15 on ttys000
`ps -ef` shows no PID 184
10:12:29 spock:/tmp> ps -ef | grep 184
501 210 157 0 0:00.00 ttys000 0:00.00 grep 184
If I retry, I get the same error, with just a different PID.
My $DISPLAY environment variable is set to :0 in my .profile, but if I
remove this, I get the same behavior.
I'm pretty sure that if I then install 2.1.3 over what I have now, the
X server will start to work again (assuming I turn off the setting of
the DISPLAY environment variable in my .profile) -- at least I managed
to do that at least once -- but I've found 2.1.3 sufficiently buggy
that I can't use it. (Sorry, haven't submitted any bugs yet...)
I'm not familiar with launchd (though I'm learning...), and the role
of launchd in a stock Leopard X11 (I _do_ very much like the behavior
in 2.1.3, BTW.)
Can anyone help? I see ktrace is no longer with us. I suppose dtrace
could come in handy, but I thought I'd ask the list before bringing
out that particular sledgehammer :)
-Fred
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