Re: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 can't run 'X11.app' (with system log)
Re: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 can't run 'X11.app' (with system log)
- Subject: Re: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 can't run 'X11.app' (with system log)
- From: Will Mortensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:05:56 -0800
Michael,
In other words, you should rename your disk from "Michael's Home" to something like "Michael_Home". I think you'll also need to re-do whatever you did to move your home directory originally.
On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> Yes, I understand that it is Volumes/Michael's Home/Users/Michael/.Xauthority
>
> As mentioned in my previous post, the problem seems to be your use of single quote "'" and spaces " " in your pathname. Both are highly problematic and should be avoided at all costs... especially for something like your home directory. My assertion remains that this *IS* the source of the problem.
>
> Please file a bug report at http://xquartz.macosforge.org
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2010, at 00:48, Michael Leung wrote:
>
>> Thank you Jeremy, actually it is /Volumes/Michael's Home/Users/Michael/.Xauthority
>> Sorry for the inconvenience caused!
>>
>> Any reply is highly appreciated!
>> Thank you all!!
>>
>> ________________________________
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>> My guess is that the problem is due to your home directory's ugly path name:
>>
>>> /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/
>>
>> The space and single-quote are likely making something in /usr/X11/bin/startx fail.
>>
>> 1) Yes, this is a bug.
>>
>> 2) You should not be doing that.
>>
>> Please file a bug report at http://xquartz.macosforge.org
>>
>> --Jeremy
>>
>>
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