macports-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 4

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Just wanted to say thanks for the suggestions. Found the solution  
"sudo ln -s /private/tmp /tmp" sorted it out. I guess /tmp was always  
a symlink to this other location.

cheers,
huw



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> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:27:44 -0000
> From: "Read H O L (AT)" <holread at glam.ac.uk>
> Subject: Problem with X11.app / DISPLAY
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> Hi,
>  I tried doing some cleanup and deleted everything in my /tmp folder  
> on mac osx leopard. Now no X11 application will load (inkscape,  
> gimp, dia etc) because they can't find the display! I tried  
> rebooting but this didn't work, and I moved x11.app to the trash and  
> reinstalled it from xquartz but this didnt help either. When I run  
> x11.app, it briefly appears in the mac panel, but then dissapears  
> without loading or anything. How can I undo the mistakes I made?
>
> Thanks,
> huw
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:21:46 -0700
> From: Bryan Blackburn <blb at macports.org>
> Subject: Re: Problem with X11.app / DISPLAY
> To: macports-users at lists.macosforge.org
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> On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 08:27:44PM -0000, Read H O L (AT) said:
>>
>> Hi,
>>  I tried doing some cleanup and deleted everything in my /tmp folder
>> on mac osx leopard. Now no X11 application will load (inkscape, gimp,
>> dia etc) because they can't find the display! I tried rebooting but
>> this didn't work, and I moved x11.app to the trash and reinstalled it
>> from xquartz but this didnt help either. When I run x11.app, it
>> briefly appears in the mac panel, but then dissapears without loading
>> or anything. How can I undo the mistakes I made?
>
> Deleting everything in /tmp is dangerous if you don't know what it's  
> doing.
> Especially anything prefixed by launch which is launchd-related, and
> includes how X11 and DISPLAY are handled on 10.5.
>
> As for the actual issue you're having, since it sounds like a base X11
> problem, your best bet is the X11 users list:
>
> <http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/x11-users>
>
> Bryan
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> huw
>