XQuartz issues [was: Re: Inkscape @0.92.0_3+x11 does not work under macOS Sierra]

[Murray Eisenberg]

I wrote too hastily about how I fixed XQuartz to cooperate with Inkscape (and RStudio’s Rcmdr).

I think I’ve tracked down the source of the XQuartz trouble to file

    ~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh

which has contents:

    # make the freedesktop menu entries work
    export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/local/share
    export XDG_DATA_HOME=/opt/local/share
    export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/opt/local/etc/xdg
 
    # enable sound
    export ESPEAKER=localhost

    # use Apple's window manager
    exec quartz-wm &
 
    # start GNOME
    exec gnome-session

(That file was installed as part of some macports gnome-related port, I believe.)

That apparently interferes with XQuartz; removing that .sh file (or just giving it a different extension) allows XQuartz to function normally.

Now the question is what port installed that file and what will happen without the file.

> On Feb 13, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Inkscape (and Rcmdr inside Studio) are now cooperating with XQuartz. Not sure why, but the only change I made is to reorder my path so that the macports python path comes before the anaconda python path.  Could that have done it?)
> 
> BUT… all the menus for Inkscape are in Greek.  (I’ll post that as a separate query.)
> 
> 
>> On Feb 13, 2017, at 7:00 AM, macports-users-request at lists.macports.org <mailto:macports-users-request at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:42:57 -0500
>> From: Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>>
>> To: Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org <mailto:ryandesign at macports.org>>
>> Cc: MacPorts Users <macports-users at lists.macports.org <mailto:macports-users at lists.macports.org>>
>> Subject: Re: Inkscape @0.92.0_3+x11 does not work under macOS Sierra
>> 	10.12.3!
>> Message-ID: <56AC4279-54EC-445F-8D23-D533657262B0 at gmail.com <mailto:56AC4279-54EC-445F-8D23-D533657262B0 at gmail.com>>
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>> I did install port inkscape-app and I get the same behavior — the incessant appearance and disappearance of the XQuartz icon in the Dock, and NO Inscape window or items in the menu bar — as when I tried running inkscape from command line.
>> 
>> I do see an Inkscape icon in the Dock, but it does not have the tell-tale dot under it to indicate the app is open.
>> 
>> [I’m beginning to suspect an XQuartz problem, as I’m getting the same issue with the XQuartz icon when I try to run rCmdr from within RStudio after giving the RStudio command quartz(). so I completely uninstalled XQuartz and reinstalled. No change!]
>> 
>> Not sure what the “usual place” means for crash logs.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 11, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org <mailto:ryandesign at macports.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 11, 2017, at 13:59, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The current version, Inkscape @0.92.0_3+x11  current, does not work under macOS Sierra 10.12.3.
>>>> 
>>>> After starting it from the command line, I see the XQuartz icon appear in the Dock, then repeatedly disappear and reappear there. And I never see any Inkscape icon there, or Inkscape window, or Inkscape item in the menu bar.
>>>> 
>>>> How get it to work?
>>> 
>>> It's been working for me.
>>> 
>>> Maybe it's crashing for you. Can you check if there are any crash logs, in the usual place?
>>> 
>> 
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