OS X 10.6.4: X11 fails, and tries, and fails and tries and fails and tries ...
OS X 10.6.4: X11 fails, and tries, and fails and tries and fails and tries ...
- Subject: OS X 10.6.4: X11 fails, and tries, and fails and tries and fails and tries ...
- From: Gary Pajer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:22:14 -0400
Suddenly X11 won't start.
The X appears in the application bar (sorry .... don't know it's real name) for a second, then vanishes. Seven seconds or so later, the same cycle repeats. This goes on ad infinitum. Force Quit won't stop it. kill and kill -9 won't stop it. Restarting is difficult because unless you time it just right X pre-empts the shutdown and prevents it.
This MacBook is two weeks old, so I presume that the software is up to date.
Attached below is a repeating snip from Console log. (I
Any ideas?
thanks,
gary
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8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] .
8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] Xquartz: Failed to request a socket from the server to send the $DISPLAY fd over (try 1 of 5)
8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] Xquartz: Failed to request a socket from the server to send the $DISPLAY fd over (try 2 of 5)
8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] Xquartz: Failed to request a socket from the server to send the $DISPLAY fd over (try 3 of 5)
8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] Xquartz: Failed to request a socket from the server to send the $DISPLAY fd over (try 4 of 5)
8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] Xquartz: Failed to request a socket from the server to send the $DISPLAY fd over (try 5 of 5)
8/1/10 9:03:56 PM org.x.startx[53071] Xquartz: start_x11_server: (ipc/send) invalid destination port
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53071] giving up.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53071] /usr/X11/bin/xinit: Operation timed out (errno 60): unable to connect to X server
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53071] /usr/X11/bin/xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[169] (org.x.startx[53071]) Exited with exit code: 1
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] font_cache: Updating FC cache
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.privileged_startx[53078] font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM defaults[53243]
The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] xauth: creating new authority file /Users/gpajer/.serverauth.53212
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting server: org.x.X11
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Xquartz: X11.app = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Xquartz: Starting X server: /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] X11.app: main(): argc=2
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[1] = --listenonly
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.privileged_startx[53078] font_cache: Updating FC cache
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] X11.app: Listening on socket for fd handoff: (4) /var/tmp/tmp.0.tY0HV8
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] X11.app: Thread created for handoff. Returning success to tell caller to connect and push the fd.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Xquartz: Handoff connection established (try 1 of 5) on fd 7, "/var/tmp/tmp.0.tY0HV8". Sending message.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Xquartz: Message sent. Closing handoff fd.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] X11.app: do_start_x11_server(): argc=6
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[0] = /usr/X11/bin/X
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[1] = :1
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[2] = -nolisten
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[3] = tcp
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[4] = -auth
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] argv[5] = /Users/gpajer/.serverauth.53212
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] X11.app: Received new $DISPLAY fd: 6 ... sleeping to allow xinitrc to catchup.
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Xquartz starting:
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] X.Org X Server 1.4.2-apple53
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] Build Date: 20100211
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
8/1/10 9:03:57 PM org.x.startx[53212] (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
8/1/10 9:03:59 PM org.x.startx[53212] font_cache: Done
8/1/10 9:03:59 PM org.x.startx[53212] waiting for X server to shut down
8/1/10 9:03:59 PM org.x.privileged_startx[53078] font_cache: Done
8/1/10 9:04:00 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[169] (org.x.startx) Throttling respawn: Will start in 7 seconds
8/1/10 9:04:07 PM org.x.startx[53398] font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
8/1/10 9:04:07 PM org.x.startx[53398] font_cache: Updating FC cache
8/1/10 9:04:07 PM org.x.privileged_startx[53078] font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
8/1/10 9:04:07 PM defaults[53428]
The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
8/1/10 9:04:07 PM org.x.startx[53398] xauth: creating new authority file /Users/gpajer/.serverauth.53398
8/1/10 9:04:07 PM org.x.startx[53398] Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting server: org.x.X11
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