[Xquartz-dev] Re: multiple X11 icons in dock

[Ben Byer]

Maybe we can code up a way to detect this?  Something akin to  
the .xinitrc warning?

On Apr 2, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> Don't set DISPLAY in your .bashrc ... that's your problem.
>
> On Apr 2, 2008, at 14:32, Shawn Protsman wrote:
>> Hi Jeremy,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion.
>>
>> - Installed 2.2.0_rc2. Rebooted.
>> - X11 is not running.
>>
>> - @naiad ~] OOo
>> [1] 18477
>>
>> - (spawns a new Terminal window):
>>
>> Last login: Wed Apr  2 14:19:02 on ttys006
>> @naiad ~] /Applications/OpenOffice.org\ 2.3.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
>> soffice ; exit;
>> javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
>> /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.3.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin X11  
>> error: Can't open display: :0
>>  Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
>>  or check permissions of your X-Server
>>  (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)
>> logout
>>
>> [Process completed]
>>
>> - @naiad ~] grep "DISPLAY*" .bashrc
>> export DISPLAY=:0
>>
>> There were no new messages in Console.app. However, system.log  
>> displayed the following:
>>
>> Apr  2 14:27:57 naiad login[18532]: USER_PROCESS: 18532 ttys008
>> Apr  2 14:28:26 naiad login[18532]: DEAD_PROCESS: 18532 ttys008
>>
>> --Shawn
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2008, at 9:08 AM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>>
>>> You shouldn't need to have X11 already running for this to work.   
>>> It should just connect to your $DISPLAY (which you aren't setting  
>>> manually, right?).
>>>
>>> I just run this:
>>>
>>> /Applications/OpenOffice.org\ 2.3.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice
>>>
>>> which should be the same as what you're doing.  Can you please  
>>> install 2.2.0_rc2 and try.  This shouldn't "fix" the issue, but it  
>>> will hopefully give a helpful message in Console.app that will  
>>> indicate what is going on.  So please look through Console.app's  
>>> output and report the associated messages.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeremy
>>>
>>> On Apr 1, 2008, at 08:40, Shawn Protsman wrote:
>>>> I have a hunch this has been discussed in the past ... to  
>>>> overcome a few problems with XQuartz and OpenOffice.org I'm  
>>>> starting 'soffice' from the command line (from my .bash_aliases):
>>>>
>>>> alias OOo='open /Applications/OpenOffice.org\ 2.3.app/Contents/ 
>>>> MacOS/soffice &'
>>>>
>>>> This requires me to have X11 already running. I end up with two  
>>>> X11 icons in my dock. Is this normal behavior with XQuartz 2.1.4?  
>>>> Any suggestions? Tips?
>
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