Problem with X11.app / DISPLAY

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 08:27:44PM -0000, Read H O L (AT) said:
> 
> Hi,
>   I tried doing some cleanup and deleted everything in my /tmp folder
> on mac osx leopard. Now no X11 application will load (inkscape, gimp,
> dia etc) because they can't find the display! I tried rebooting but
> this didn't work, and I moved x11.app to the trash and reinstalled it
> from xquartz but this didnt help either. When I run x11.app, it
> briefly appears in the mac panel, but then dissapears without loading
> or anything. How can I undo the mistakes I made? 

Deleting everything in /tmp is dangerous if you don't know what it's doing.
Especially anything prefixed by launch which is launchd-related, and
includes how X11 and DISPLAY are handled on 10.5.

As for the actual issue you're having, since it sounds like a base X11
problem, your best bet is the X11 users list:

<http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/x11-users>

Bryan


> 
> Thanks,
> huw