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[Keith J. Schultz]

OOOpps, forgot reply all!

Hi io,

See also my next post(s).

Lets see.

Am 02.12.2010 um 18:26 schrieb io:

> According to a suggestion from Andrea, I used a simple .xinitrc:
> 
> exec twm
> /opt/local/bin/metacity &
> 
> Then in MacOsX terminal by command startx below I had:
> 
> To execute a file of the current directory use ./
> io in ~ $ startx
	This is O.K. It just starts a new X process it X is not already runnning,
	Yet, it does have its cavets.
> font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
> font_cache: Updating FC cache
	Normal for X to scan for fonts

> xauth:  file /Users/io/.serverauth.45702 does not exist
	do  "ls -al" form the terminal without starting X
	if you find files beginning with .serverauth
	enter rm -serverauth*  
> 
> launch_msg("CheckIn") IPC failure: Operation not permitted
	I have not yet figured out which process is sending this
	happens when you try to start gnome-session directly from the
	terminal.

> Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting server: org.x.X11
	Normal, if X is not running, launchd launches X

> Xquartz: X11.app = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
> Xquartz: Starting X server: /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
> To execute a file of the current directory use ./
> X11.app: main(): argc=2
> 	argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
> 	argv[1] = --listenonly
> Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.
	Normal up to here
> X11.app: No launchd socket handed off, unsetting DISPLAY
	Not good!
	The general question is whether X should be start or involved with starting X
	If it is, DISPLAY should not be set anywhere.
	If you put echo $DISPLAY > /users/io/xstartup.log
	in .xinitrc you can test if it is set and should be something like /tmp/launch....
	If not lauchd is tryng to handle things
	
> X11.app: do_start_x11_server(): argc=6
> 	argv[0] = /usr/X11/bin/X
> 	argv[1] = :0
> 	argv[2] = -nolisten
> 	argv[3] = tcp
> 	argv[4] = -auth
> 	argv[5] = /Users/io/.serverauth.45702
> Xquartz starting:
> X.Org X Server 1.4.2-apple56
> Build Date: 20100624

	Here you are missing some variables in your .xinitrc
	To my knowlege ~/.xinitrc overrides the system wide xinitrc
	so you should first copy it and then modify that, so that you X-environment 
	is setup correctly.

> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
> font_cache: Done
> To execute a file of the current directory use ./
> (the last line above is echoed from my profile)
> 
> May be this gives any useful information?
>