X start up issues

[Chalmers]

is it possibly your .bash_config ?
The Path can easily become corrupted.
echo $PATH

and see whats there?



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From my iPhone.


> On 15 Dec 2015, at 9:06 am, James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> A while back I asked if anyone could shed any light:
> 
> Intermittently all my macports that use X fail to start. This from syslog.
> 
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]: xauth:  file /Users/jam/.serverauth.700 does not exist
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]: xinit: unable to run server "/opt/local/bin/X": No such file or directory
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]: Use the -- option, or make sure that /opt/local/bin is in your path and
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]: that "/opt/local/bin/X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]: for your display.  Possible server names include:
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xquartz     Mac OSX Quartz displays.
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xvfb        Virtual frame buffer
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xfake       kdrive-based virtual frame buffer
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xnest       X server nested in a window on another X server
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xephyr      kdrive-based nested X server
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xvnc        X server accessed over VNC's RFB protocol
>> Dec 14 09:50:59 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:     Xdmx        Distributed Multi-head X server
>> Dec 14 09:51:01 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:   xinit: giving up
>> Dec 14 09:51:01 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]: xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
>> Dec 14 09:51:01 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:   xinit: server error
>> Dec 14 09:51:01 haycorn.home org.macports.startx[699]:
>> Dec 14 09:51:01 haycorn com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.macports.startx[699]): FairPlay decryption failed on binary.
>> Dec 14 09:51:01 haycorn com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.macports.startx): Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 8 seconds.
> 
> Irritated by the contiual nagging to update I broke rule #1 and updated. Now X will never start and nothing is logged.
> 
> I removed all trace of macports and of Xquartz, then reinstalled. Voila everything works. Nextday after after reboot NO X.
> Nothing whatsoever logged.
> 
> Previously startx started an undecorated xterm.Now
> 
> 
>> [haycorn] /Users/jam [521]% startx
>> font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
>> font_cache: Updating FC cache
>> expr: syntax error
>> expr: syntax error
>> xauth:  file /Users/jam/.serverauth.1323 does not exist
>> 
>> font_cache: Done
>> 
>> waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .
>> ..
> 
> 
> until timeout after 5 min or so.
> There are no .serverauth files.
> 
> I’m somewhat lost. I fiddle my linux boxes very technically but this is all a bit alien. Can anyone help me please?
> There is no /opt/local/bin/X but there was none yesterday when all was working (only /opt/X11/bin/X)
> James
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