Opening X applications from terminal.app

Gustavo Seabra gustavo.seabra at gmail.com
Wed May 27 19:57:09 PDT 2015


> Em 27/05/2015, à(s) 23:53, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> escreveu:
> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra at gmail.com> wrote:
> I’m not sure I understand that… What I’m trying to do seems the exact opposite: I *want* XQuartz to autostart when I call an X port from the Terminal.app, but it is not auto starting.
> 
> Do you suggest I should uninstall then reinstall XQuartz?
> 
> I am saying you do the first part just to clear the existing autostart stuff that isn't working. Then, reinstalling (you don't need to uninstall first) the one you want to autostart will reinstall just its autostart stuff.
> 
> If you specifically want MacPorts' xorg to autostart, then this is
> 
>     sudo port deactivate xinit; sudo port activate xinit

OK, now I (think) I get it. One more question: What if I want Apple’s XQuartz instead? Which would be the appropriate command?

Thanks!
Gustavo.
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