Re: latest update to X11.app for Snow Leopard (10.6.8)?
Re: latest update to X11.app for Snow Leopard (10.6.8)?
- Subject: Re: latest update to X11.app for Snow Leopard (10.6.8)?
- From: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:29:36 -0800
On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Brandon Allbery <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <
> email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>> XQuartz does not replace the system X11, although it does replace the
>>> launchd bindings that control which X11 is started. Reinstalling the
>>
>> No, XQuartz doesn't replace anything. It installs a new LaunchAgent and
>> LaunchDaemon. You can disable the LaunchAgent if you want to default back
>> to X11.app. You will need to logout and log back in of course, to get the
>> correct $DISPLAY.
>>
>
> It "replaces" in the sense that only one of them can be active within
> launchd, such that X11 connections are forwarded by launchd, at any given
> time. $DISPLAY can only be one value.
Well, affecting an environment variable is much different than replacing all of X11. On Leopard, XQuartz actually did replace the host X11 (ie /usr/X11 and /Applications/Utilities/X11.app), so I wanted to clarify that it doesn't do that on SL and later.
--Jeremy
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