[Xquartz-dev] Problems starting XQuartz 2.7.4_rc1 after a BOOT

Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia jeremyhu at apple.com
Wed Sep 26 14:23:16 PDT 2012


Can you reproduce the issue and provide /var/log/system.log please?

On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Angelo Graziosi <Angelo.Graziosi at roma1.infn.it> wrote:

> 
> Trying to fix an issue of ROOT,  OpenGL and XQuarz 2.6.4 on MacPorts (see https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36189#comment:18), I installed XQuarz 2.7.4_rc1 (on Lion 10.7.5 and Xcode 4.5).
> 
> When I start an application which needs the X server, for example,
> 
>  $ xclock &
> 
> the new X server does not automatically start. I have to start it manually from Launchpad, and this starts also an xterm application.
> 
> After this, if I quit the X11 (Command Q), the X server start automatically for applications requiring it, but after a REBOOT or a BOOT, I have to repeat all the above... :-(
> 
> With XQuarz 2.6.4 this did not happen, the X server started automatically each time an application require it..
> 
> Searching on the web seems I have all things right:
> 
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> /tmp/launch-weY6cP/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
> 
> $ launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
> org.macosforge.xquartz.startx: Already loaded
> 
> BTW, 2.7.4_rc1 seems to fix the ROOT issue...
> 
> 
> Ciao,
> Angelo.



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