#37775: x-server does not start ---------------------------------+------------------------ Reporter: johan.mattsson.m@… | Owner: jeremyhu@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------------+------------------------ Comment (by sean@…): Replying to [comment:4 jeremyhu@…]:
Enable the MacPorts LaunchAgent and disable the OS X one. Instructions are printed during activation of xinit, so you can just read it out of the Portfile.
There's got to be a better way than this. I've run into this at least two or three times before and googling is difficult due to the common keywords. The instructions that are printed for xinit fly by the screen too fast and it's easily forgotten … especially when most instructions talk about the xorg-server port. Could these instructions also be added to xorg-server? Or, at the very least, the FAQ / Xquartz / whatever sites be updated to have (in large, blinking, red letters) "launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macports.startx.plist"? By the way, I've experienced this when upgrading to Mountain Lion (and needing a way to get X working) so it's not like this is a really old problem. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37775#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS