[Xquartz-dev] Problems with XQuartz 2.6.0 (xorg-server 1.9.3)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 01.02.2011 um 01:07 schrieb Jeremy Huddleston:

>> Why did it work before, one week ago, to supply all X clients with  
>> a proper environment?
>
> Probably because a week ago you weren't launching X11.app from  
> launchd.  You probably launched it yourself.

I am clicking on the X11 icon in Dock. Is this by myself and without  
launchd? Should I launch /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app with open from  
some command line? Why was this not necessary last week?

>
>> Why is the situation of Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger, back?
>
> This is a really general question.  What about Tiger is back?

In Tiger, X11 either did not inherit or did not pass (or did both) the  
environment set by ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist.

>
>> How can I make launchd supply a reasonable environment to its  
>> "clients"?
>
> You can't get it to use environment.plist.  You probably want to set  
> stuff up in ~/.profile

There I have:

     PATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" PATH`
  MANPATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" MANPATH`
INFOPATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" INFOPATH`
export INFOPATH MANPATH PATH

I don't see for example INFOPATH not at all...

>
>> Or do I need to augment each of the ~/.xinitrc.d/* scripts with  
>> environment settings?
>
> That would work too.
>
>> How would XQuartz know to lookup X clients in /opt/local/bin when  
>> the MacPorts installer put the statement to augment PATH in my  
>> unused ~/.cshrc?
>
> You probably want to put it in ~/.login (rather than ~/.profile)  
> since you're using csh.


Ah, that would explain the missing INFOPATH! (Well, missing since last  
week. Before, last year for example, I was not missing this.)

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