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

[Jeremy Huddleston]

It actually does this... but it spits it out to a message they can see  
in Console.app rather than to a warning box...  see bundle_main.c

On Apr 7, 2008, at 15:20, Ben Byer wrote:
> 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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