[Xquartz-dev] 2.4.1_alpha1 for SnowLeopard

[John Koren]

Jeremy,

I installed 2.4.1_alpha1 on a brand new computer with pre-installed
SL. I had done no other additions to the system. I noticed that the
tail end of  the "path" variable was set to "/usr/X11R6/bin
/opt/X11/bin /opt/X11/bin". Hence the 2.4.1_alpha1 X11 binaries would
not be used. Also /opt/X11/bin is repeated twice.

Otherwise I see no problems with the alpha1.

Regards -John

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
> So, I finally resolved my build issues.  Here's 2.4.1_alpha1 for
> SnowLeopard.
>
> It makes that ptty resize option on by default to workaround the bug in
> xterm/ptty.
> It installs in /opt/X11, /Library/Launch*,
> /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app
>
> This release is the first to allow differnt X11 servers to "own" $DISPLAY.
>  You can pick which X11 server will actually "own" it by disabling the
> others' startx LaunchAgents.  You will notice (after logout/login) that
> $DISPLAY now has "org.macosforge.xquartz" in its filename which identifies
> XQuartz.app as the owner.
>
> That being said, SL's X11 assumes that it owns $DISPLAY.  If you run X11.app
> while it's not the owner, it will actually trigger XQuartz.app to start and
> wait forever for its own startup notification.  Hopefully I can get X11 a
> SoftwareUpdate in a future dot release of OSX to update this (or you can do
> it on your own by copying over a new X11.bin into X11.app).
>
> X11 servers that don't "own" DISPLAY will unset DISPLAY and their children
> will continue to use the traditional DISPLAY values (":1", ":2", etc).
>
> I did not update the release notes in the .pkg, so you'll need to check the
> site for a full changelog:
>
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/ChangeLog
>
> Here's the dmg:
>
> http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/SL/X11-2.4.1_alpha1.dmg
>
> Note:
> X11 alpha/beta updates will only be released for SL.  rcs will be rolled for
> both Leo and SL.  It's just not worth the extra overhead.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
>
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