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

Kyle mackyle at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 17:11:39 PDT 2010


Same exact symptoms for me.  Downloaded 2.5.1 for Leopard and ran the  
installer.  Nothing special or unique in my configuration as far as I  
know.

On Jul 14, 2010, at 11:13:47 PDT, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> 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
>> ...



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