#33976 closed defect (worksforme)
X11.app fails to start
| Reported by: | watsodw | Owned by: | jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia) |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 2.0.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | xinit |
Description (last modified by mf2k (Frank Schima))
After last upgrade of X11, X11 fails to start from X11.app. It can be started by manually running startx from the terminal, with the following message:
font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches font_cache: Updating FC cache font_cache: Done xauth: file /Users/dwwatson/.serverauth.31653 does not exist xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1
Trying to start from X11.app results in the dock start icon saying "Application not responding".
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Change History (15)
comment:1 Changed 13 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
| Cc: | jeremyhu@… removed |
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| Description: | modified (diff) |
| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to jeremyhu@… |
| Port: | xorg-server xinit added; xorg removed |
comment:2 Changed 13 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
comment:3 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
1) Don't run startx manually. It does not do what you think it does.
2) Attach a spindump. Run 'spindump X11.bin' from Terminal.app when X11 is in this state.
Changed 13 years ago by watsodw
| Attachment: | X11.bin_66452.spindump.txt added |
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comment:4 Changed 13 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
Ah ok. Running, for example, xlogo from the command line works fine and launches xorg-server X11 from Macports.
comment:6 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
Replying to david.w.watson@…:
Not on my machine.
It will launch whichever LaunchAgent you select. See xinit's post-activate for information on making the MacPorts X11 default.
As for your case... what is your current default server? ie, what is the output of:
echo $DISPLAY
Can you please try launching Macports/X11.app again and noting the time, then attach your /var/log/system.log
comment:7 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
Also, what version of xorg-server or xorg-server-devel are you using?
comment:8 Changed 13 years ago by watsodw
Default server is Macports xorg-server @1.12.0_0+universal,
and system log shows /opt/local/lib/X11/init/launchd_startx tries to start, but my launchd_startx is in /opt/macports/lib/X11/xinit. I don't know why it is trying /opt/local/ since my macports install is in /opt/macports/.
comment:9 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
Did you change your prefix recently? What is the output of:
echo $DISPLAY launchctl list org.macports.startx cat /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macports.startx.plist
comment:10 follow-up: 14 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
Try doing:
sudo port -v -f uninstall xinit sudo port -v install xinit
Then logout and log back in...
comment:11 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
| Port: | xorg-server removed |
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comment:12 Changed 13 years ago by watsodw
All outputs pointed to /opt/macports. Did the uninstall and reinstall of xinit and all seems to work now.
comment:13 Changed 13 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
| Resolution: | → worksforme |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:14 Changed 3 years ago by udbraumann
Replying to jeremyhu:
Try doing:
sudo port -v -f uninstall xinit sudo port -v install xinitThen logout and log back in...
This uninstall/install trick cured both /Applications/Utilities/X11.app (!) and /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app even ten years later, thank you!
I'm having problems too. I see the same thing but also the following:
/opt/local/bin/xset: bad font path element (#8), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntaxMac OS X 10.7.3. Xcode 4.3.2.