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...can't I now launch X11 without it running?
I was messing around with the apps in /usr/X11R6/bin/ and came upon an app named 'Xquartz'. It wouldn't launch while X11 was running, so I killed X11 and launched it. Now, X11 won't launch at all without Xquartz. So I opened a Terminal window, ran 'top', launched Xquartz, and launched X11. As soon as X11 launched, another instance of Xquartz also launched. I quit Xquartz via the Dock, and one instance of it disappeared according to top. I then quit X11 via the Dock, and it and the other instance of Xquartz quit. However, X11 won't launch without Xquartz.
This is the error message that the console displays:
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Fatal server error:
Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X0-lock
OsVendorFatalError
AbortDDX
Quitting XDarwin...
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I can't make any changes to the '/tmp/' directory from the Finder->Show Info; its a link to /private/tmp/, and the permissions on the link are read-only for me, even as an Admin. However, the /private/tmp/ directory permissions are read-write-execute.
Unfortunately, I know just enough about UNIX and the terminal to be dangerous. Anyone know what Xquartz is, and what I did? Gonna try a reboot and see if it helps...
(tig)
[edit] Ok, so I rebooted and now X11 works fine. Strange days indeed.
I was messing around with the apps in /usr/X11R6/bin/ and came upon an app named 'Xquartz'. It wouldn't launch while X11 was running, so I killed X11 and launched it. Now, X11 won't launch at all without Xquartz. So I opened a Terminal window, ran 'top', launched Xquartz, and launched X11. As soon as X11 launched, another instance of Xquartz also launched. I quit Xquartz via the Dock, and one instance of it disappeared according to top. I then quit X11 via the Dock, and it and the other instance of Xquartz quit. However, X11 won't launch without Xquartz.
This is the error message that the console displays:
----------------------------------------------------------
Fatal server error:
Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X0-lock
OsVendorFatalError
AbortDDX
Quitting XDarwin...
----------------------------------------------------------
I can't make any changes to the '/tmp/' directory from the Finder->Show Info; its a link to /private/tmp/, and the permissions on the link are read-only for me, even as an Admin. However, the /private/tmp/ directory permissions are read-write-execute.
Unfortunately, I know just enough about UNIX and the terminal to be dangerous. Anyone know what Xquartz is, and what I did? Gonna try a reboot and see if it helps...
(tig)
[edit] Ok, so I rebooted and now X11 works fine. Strange days indeed.