xterm hangs - help needed

[Mike Coughlan]

Hi Keith, 

Thanks for the help. The only environment var I see is PATH in ~/.profile:
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH

Here's the repeated error message from the system logs. 
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bootstrap_check_in(). Mach service: com.google.Keystone.Daemon
Nov 28 17:18:33 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon[44980]): Exited with exit code: 1
Nov 28 17:18:33 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
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I tried `sudo exterm` just to prove it was related. I got this instead. 
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Nov 28 17:20:44 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon[44996]): Exited with exit code: 1
Nov 28 17:20:44 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Nov 28 17:20:50 odin sudo[44997]: mpcmpc : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/mpcmpc ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/opt/local/bin/xterm
Nov 28 17:20:54 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon[44998]): bootstrap_register() erroneously called instead of bootstrap_check_in(). Mach service: com.google.Keystone.Daemon
Nov 28 17:20:54 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon[44998]): Exited with exit code: 1
Nov 28 17:20:54 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Nov 28 17:21:04 odin com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.keystone.daemon[44999]): bootstrap_register() erroneously called instead of bootstrap_check_in(). Mach service: com.google.Keystone.Daemon
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I can't find .xinitrc and .xinitrc.d. Is it possible that I'm missing a package? I installed the port 'xterm'. I assumed it would grab everything it needed. I saw no /etc/X11 dir.

Best,

Mike C




--- On Sun, 11/28/10, Keith J. Schultz <keithjschultz at web.de> wrote:

> From: Keith J. Schultz <keithjschultz at web.de>
> Subject: Re: xterm hangs - help needed
> To: "Mike Coughlan" <mpcmpc at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 1:40 PM
> Hi Mike,
> 
>     Please check if you have a ~/.profile or
> ~/.bashrc or .initrc.
>     If you do make sure you DO NOT SET
> DISPLAY.
>     I had one set and xterm did not show
> when I started X11.
>     I removed it and everything went fine
> from there.
>     
>     To trouble shoot start the console
> monitor application in utilities and look
>     at the system log. 
> 
>     Do you have any .xinitrc.d scripts, what
> is in them what is in your.xinitrc?
>     
>     regards
>         Keith
> 
> Am 28.11.2010 um 18:22 schrieb Mike Coughlan:
> 
> > I can't get an xterm to show on up my screen. I think
> my environment may be messed up, but I'm not sure how to
> troubleshoot. Or maybe ports missed a dependency.
> > 
> > Here's my system info.
> > Mac OS X 10.6.4
> > echo $DISPLAY
> > /tmp/launch-Xpga6G/org.x:0
> > 
> > When I run xterm, the mac X11 icon shows up in my
> system tray, but no terminal appears. There is no reported
> error. 
> > 
> > I'm trying to run Xboard and Gnuchess. I've got Darwin
> ports installed. It grabbed Gnuchess, Xboard, and xterm for
> me. I've confirmed that Gnuchess installed successfully
> because I can run it in ascii mode. When I run 'gnuchess
> xboard' it hangs much like the xterm. I figure if I can
> solve that problem, this will work too.
> > 
> > Thanks all.  
> > 
> > Mike Coughlan
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