I am running X11, the Gimp, Neo
Office on an Apple iMac for more than a year with no problem.
Just
recently (since last week) I switched on the Gimp,which caused the background
with my desktop and all other icons/programs to disappear including
the dock. I could still work with the Gimp however, no problem,
only when I closed the Gimp, I was stuck with a blank screen, no
programs no dock etc. in short an Apple Crash! And one of the worst. Can't get back into the desktop, can't switch it off in the normal way.
The only thing to do was to switch of the
computer with the switch on the back of the iMac. But when you switch it on again you're stuck with the
same empty screen. Only when literally I pull the mains plug from it's socket and
plug it in after a few seconds, then switch the iMac on again, all
is normal again as long as I do not touch the Gimp or X11. The same
thing happens when I just start X11 from the applications folder.
Has anyone
out there any idea what has gone wrong here?
From what I read on an X11 users website the problem may lay with Apple after installing new security measures. If this is so it would be nice if you'd look into this problem and do some repairs, so that in the future I and others will be able to use Gimp and X11.
Thanks and keep me posted.
Jaap