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Re: X server crashes after a few minutes
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Re: X server crashes after a few minutes

  • Subject: Re: X server crashes after a few minutes
  • From: Peter Robinson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:59:22 +0800
The output of /var/log/system.log is as follows when running xterm:

Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: font_cache: Scanning user font
directories to generate X11 font caches
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[1226]: font_cache: Scanning
system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro defaults[1248]: \nThe
domain/default pair of (org.macosforge.xquartz.X11, dpi) does not
exist
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: xauth:  file
/Users/peterrobinson/.serverauth.1219 does not exist
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: xauth:
/Users/peterrobinson/.Xauthority not writable, changes will be ignored
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: xauth:  error in locking
authority file /Users/peterrobinson/.Xauthority
Mar 31 14:40:40: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting
server: org.macosforge.xquartz.X11
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Xquartz: X11.app =
/Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Xquartz: Starting X server:
/Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X11.app: main(): argc=2
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[0] =
/Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[1] = --listenonly
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Waiting for startup parameters
via Mach IPC.
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[1226]: font_cache: Updating
FC cache
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X11.app: Listening on socket for
fd handoff:  (4) /var/tmp/tmp.0.ZxU4ds
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X11.app: Thread created for
handoff.  Returning success to tell caller to connect and push the fd.
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Xquartz: Handoff connection
established (try 1 of 5) on fd 7, "/var/tmp/tmp.0.ZxU4ds".  Sending
message.
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Xquartz: Message sent.  Closing
handoff fd.
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X11.app: do_start_x11_server():
argc=6
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[0] = /opt/X11/bin/X
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[1] = :0
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X11.app: Received new $DISPLAY
fd: 6 ... sleeping to allow xinitrc to catchup.
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[2] = -nolisten
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[3] = tcp
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[4] = -auth
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]:        argv[5] =
/Users/peterrobinson/.serverauth.1219
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Xquartz starting:
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X.Org X Server 1.9.5
Mar 31 14:40:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Build Date: 20110317
Mar 31 14:40:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: font_cache: Done
Mar 31 14:40:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: No protocol specified
Mar 31 14:40:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: waiting for X server to begin
accepting connections
Mar 31 14:40:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[1226]: font_cache: Done
Mar 31 14:40:43 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: .
Mar 31 14:40:43 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: X11.app Handing off fd to server
thread via DarwinListenOnOpenFD(6)
Mar 31 14:40:43 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: DarwinListenOnOpenFD: 6
Mar 31 14:40:43 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: Calling ListenOnOpenFD() for new
fd: 6
Mar 31 14:40:44 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: No protocol specified
Mar 31 14:40:44 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: .
...
(The no protocol message appears several times)
...
Mar 31 14:44:40 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: .
Mar 31 14:44:42: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 31 14:44:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: giving up
Mar 31 14:44:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: unable to
connect to X server: Operation timed out
Mar 31 14:44:42 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: waiting for X server to shut down
Mar 31 14:44:43 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: server error
Mar 31 14:44:44 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]: xauth:  error in locking
authority file /Users/peterrobinson/.Xauthority
Mar 31 14:44:44 Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[108]
(org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[1219]): Exited with exit code: 1


I've also tried the other method but it doesn't generate a report:
$ defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType developer
$ xterm
Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
xterm:  fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or
KillClient on X server "/tmp/launch-YK9AgI/org.macosforge.xquartz:0"
$ ls ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
Pingie_2011-03-22-132038_Peter-Robinsons-MacBook-Pro.crash


On 31 March 2011 13:09, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mar 30, 2011, at 20:29, Peter Robinson wrote:
>
>> On 31 March 2011 01:30, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>>> I've installed the latest release from [1]. When I run an xterm (or any
>>>> other x application), the x server starts up but then crashes after a few
>>>> minutes with the following error:
>>>>
>>>> xterm:  fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or
>>>> KillClient on X server "/tmp/launch-nicF8A/org.macosforge.xquartz:0"
>>>
>>> That message just says that the X server isn't responding (because it crashed).  You'll need to provide the crash report.  It's in the window that pops up when a crash occurs and is saved at ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports
>>
>> The problem is that after a few minutes the X server just vanishes
>> (without a pop up window, only leaving the above message) and there's also
>> no X server related report in that directory. Any other way I can get some
>> useful debugging output?
>
> Perhaps you disabled crash logging... Run this from Terminal:
>
> defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType developer
>
> That should cause the crashes to be logged.  You can also look in /var/log/system.log to see if anything interesting is being written to the console.
>
> --Jeremy
>
>
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