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Thank you Allen.

I have use this command to show hidden files on Mac OS X:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

I can only find the .Xauthority file, but NOT .serverauth on my home folder.

I tried to delete the .Xauthority file (before deletion, I copied this to my ext. FireWire HD in case of anything), but the X11 still doesn't work in my account.

(I can see that when I run the X11, a new .Xauthority file is created in my home folder automatically)

I pick one of the '.serveruth.xxxxx' as I can see from the system log, and try to delete it in the Terminal using your method:

Michael-Leungs-MacBook:~ Michael$ rm -i ~/.serverauth.33643

rm: /Volumes/Michael's Home/Users/Michael/.serverauth.33643: No such file or directory

For the method of running single-user mode, I guess you are saying 'fsck -y', am I right?

As I've Googled and found this webpage:

http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/mac_support/mac_help/pages/0009-fsck_su_disk_repair.html

I am looking forward to your reply since I am afraid of going into CLI and type something I'm not familiar with.

( I am new to the Mac from 2009)

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I'm new to use the 'mailing lists' instead of forums,

I'm not sure my e-mail will be sent to all the subscribers of this mailing list. (but I guess it will)

So I want to reply to Eugene here as I can't receive the mail from Eugene but I can see it from:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2010/Feb/index.html

These error messages are repeated many times in your log:

> Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file

If you have a custom ~/.xinitrc file, try hiding it from the startup
sequence (e.g. rename it to ~/.xinitrc-old) and see if X11.app launches.
Same thing for a custom ~/.xserverrc file.

Keep an eye on your
system log for the same error messages.

> As I've said, I have a clone of 10.6.2 on my ext. FireWire HD.
> So I've tried to boot the MacBook with the key 'option' pressed in order to boot from the clone.
> What surprises me is that I can open the X11 without any problem.
> And I've tried to open a new user account to test.
> Even if the account isn't 'admin', the X11 can be opened too.

If X11.app can be launched in a new user account, then there is a
problem in your existing user account.  See previous suggestion.

Thank you Eugene,

I have use this command to show hidden files on Mac OS X:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

But I can't find ~/.xinitrc file nor ~/.xserverrc file.

Any reply is highly appreciated!

Thank you all!!

寄件人﹕ Allen Bennett <email@hidden>
收件人﹕ Michael Leung <email@hidden>
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傳送日期﹕ 2010/2/21 (日) 9:32:23 AM
主題： Re: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 can't run 'X11.app' (with system log)

From your log entries I see a lot of unexpected end of file (EOF) errors. You could have disk directory damage. I would boot from the installer CD and run disk utility or start up in single user mode and run fsck -fy. Reinstall X11 and in Terminal.app delete any .serverauth. files in your home directory: rm -i ~/.serverauth.* (the -i makes the system ask you to confirm deleting each file)

-Allen Bennett
email@hidden

On Feb 20, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Michael Leung wrote:

> Hello everyone, English is not my mother tongue so may not be exactly correct, sorry about that.
>
> Background:
> I have a MacBook White (13-inch, Mid 2009) that isn't unibody, and was running Leopard 10.5.
> I am the only one that will use the Mac and my user account is as the 'admin'.
>
> When I was using 10.5, I could open the 'X11.app'.
> But few days ago, I did a clean installation of 10.6.2 Snow Leopard from the USD$29 disc.
> After that I installed the iLife '09 (the gray disc bundled with the MacBook),
> and I cloned the drive to my ext. FireWire HD immediately after the installation of SL and iLife'09 by using the CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner).
> After that, of course, I was going to install the apps I need, and update the software.
>
> But the problem appears:
> When I try to open the 'X11.app', the X11 icon begins jumping on the Dock, but nothing happens.
> Jumping and jumping... finally, it doesn't jump any more, with just the X11 icon on the dock.
> What's more, there is no white dot under the icon, which means the app isn't running at the moment.
> I right-clicked the icon, it shows me 'application not responding'.
>
> So, I open the Activity Monitor, and I can see there are two apps related to X11 are running:
> (1) X11
> (2) X11.bin
>
> Please see below for the system log (around 1min. log, starting with the time when I open the X11)