Problem with X11.app / DISPLAY (was: Re: macports-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 4)

[Ryan Schmidt]

Oooh, yes, certainly.

You said you deleted everything in your /tmp folder, not that you  
deleted your /tmp folder. :-P


On Nov 4, 2008, at 09:20, huw read wrote:

> Just wanted to say thanks for the suggestions. Found the solution  
> "sudo ln -s /private/tmp /tmp" sorted it out. I guess /tmp was  
> always a symlink to this other location.
>
> cheers,
> huw
>
>
>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:27:44 -0000
>> From: "Read H O L (AT)" <holread at glam.ac.uk>
>> Subject: Problem with X11.app / DISPLAY
>> To: <macports-users at lists.macosforge.org>
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>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> huw
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:21:46 -0700
>> From: Bryan Blackburn <blb at macports.org>
>> Subject: Re: Problem with X11.app / DISPLAY
>> To: macports-users at lists.macosforge.org
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>> 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>