[MacPorts] #59003: Xwindow server doesn't launch

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#59003: Xwindow server doesn't launch
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  Reporter:  ryanmckaynmr  |      Owner:  jeremyhu
      Type:  defect        |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:  2.5.4
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:  xorg-server   |
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Comment (by bllxxm):

 Hello.

 I think I have the same problem as ryanmckaynmr above.
 I have a fresh installation of Macports on macOS 10.13.6, with XCode 10.1
 and command line tools installed.
 I successfully installed and ran several ports.
 Decided to install the xorg-server from MacPorts (as recommended in
 MacPorts installation guide), for X11.
 After installation, firing up /Applications/MacPorts/X11 caused the X11
 program icon to bounce in the dock for a few minutes, then it settled but
 there was no marker below the program icon to indicate that it was
 running. Running ‘top’ in macOS Terminal showed two instances of X11.bin.
 Starting installed X-programs like xclock, from the macOS Terminal, did
 nothing.

 I finally came across this bug report thread, and tried
 ‘/opt/local/bin/Xquartz’ from the Terminal: X11 ran! The program menus are
 active, and I can run X11 programs by invoking them from macOS Terminal.
 Excellent!
 I can also now run X11 by double-clicking it in the Finder, having run
 ‘/opt/local/bin/Xquartz’ once.

 This brings that installation to the same stage I am at with another more
 modern machine’s fresh installation of MacPorts, on 10.15.7, with XCode GM
 12.1 and command line tools installed, and the xorg-server installation
 from MacPorts.

 *Both* the above machines do not produce a terminal window when I fire up
 X11. The X11 program’s menus are active and I can run X11 programs from
 macOS Terminal, but if I choose Terminal from the X11 menu, I get nothing.
 In the past when I have started X11 I always got an X11 terminal window,
 different to the macOS Terminal window.

 Could someone let me know if I should be getting an X11 terminal window
 when I fire up X11, and if so, what I might try next to get one?

 Thanks.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59003#comment:4>
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