[Xquartz-dev] problem with X11 lockfiles in /tmp

[Jeremy Huddleston]

Those files should be deleted upon exit.  I just verified that they are removed here...  Anything "special" about your configuration?

On Jul 14, 2010, at 09:47, Dave Ray wrote:

> When I run X11, it creates lockfiles
>  /tmp/.X0-lock and /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
> 
> If I quit X11 normally and run it again, it creates lockfiles:
>  /tmp/.X1-lock and /tmp/.X11-unix/X1
> 
> Pretty soon my /tmp directory looks like:
> /tmp/.X0-lock
> /tmp/.X1-lock
> /tmp/.X2-lock
> /tmp/.X3-lock
>  ...
> and
> /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
> /tmp/.X11-unix/X1
> /tmp/.X11-unix/X2
> /tmp/.X11-unix/X3
>  ...
> 
> It happens no matter how I launch or quit X11. Launchd is enabled, I can start X11 by running an X11 app like xterm, clicking on X11.app directly, or typing startx in a terminal. I can quit X11 from X11's menu, or from the exit menu in my window manager. Same results in all cases.
> 
> I haven't seen this before, and it's causing my window manager to lose my config because it thinks I am in a different X11 session or something.
> 
> I think the problem has existed for at least 2 dev releases but I only now saw what is happening in the /tmp directory.
> 
> Why is this happening?
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xquartz-dev mailing list
> Xquartz-dev at lists.macosforge.org
> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/xquartz-dev