Snow Leopard 10.6.2 takes a long time to run 'X11.app' (with system log)
Hello everyone, English is not my mother tongue so may not be exactly correct, sorry about that.
Background:
I have a MacBook White (13-inch, Mid 2009) that isn't unibody, and was running Leopard 10.5.
I did a clean installation and now Snow Leopard 10.6.2, with iLife, iWork, and many many apps.
I am the only one who will use the Mac and my user account is as the 'admin'.
I previously had a problem concerning X11 too:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2343732
*What I've done:*
(1) rename my HD to 'Michaels_Home' under 'Get Info' from Finder (I can't rename in Disk Utility though)
(2) press return (enter)
(3) change my home folder path to the '/Volumes/Michaels_Home/Users/Michael' (http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=Tips/relocate3/relocate3.ht ml)
(4) restart
(5) log in and open X11
(6) problem solved!!
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*BUT NOW* I have a problem after:
(1) log in as the root user, and use command +ditto -V xyz xyz+ to copy my home folder from '/Volumes/Michaels_Home/Users/Michael' to '/Users>Michael'
(2) change my home folder path to the '/Users/Michael' (http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=Tips/relocate3/relocate3.ht ml)
(3) use the Mac OS X Snow Leopard USD$29 disc to boot my Mac up
(4) delete the 'Michaels_Home' partition (I had 3 partitions: (1) Macintosh HD (2) Michaels_Home (3) Windows XP Professional)
(5) resize the 'Macintosh HD' partition
(6) boot from Macintosh HD
(7) find that there's a problem about X11
_The problem:_
it takes a *long time* for X11 to start.
When I try to open the 'X11.app', the X11 icon begins jumping on the Dock, but nothing happens.
Jumping and jumping... finally, it doesn't jump any more, with just the X11 icon on the dock.
What's more, there is no white dot under the icon, which means the app isn't running at the moment.
I right-clicked the icon, it shows me 'application not responding'.
So, I open the *Activity Monitor*, and I can see there are 3 apps related to X11 are running:
(1) X11
(2) X11.bin
(3) xauth
*At the moment now, if you would wait for about 1.5 min., X11 will open.*
Please see below for the system log (from 'FREEZING' to 'WORKING')
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Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app: main(): argc=2
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[1] = -psn0139298
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 org.x.privileged_startx[344]: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Mar 1 00:42:10 n219073058253 defaults[370]: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Mar 1 00:42:12 n219073058253 org.x.privileged_startx[344]: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Mar 1 00:42:13 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: font_cache: Done
Mar 1 00:42:14 n219073058253 org.x.privileged_startx[344]: font_cache: Done
Mar 1 00:42:31 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /Users/Michael/.serverauth.335
Mar 1 00:42:51 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /Users/Michael/.Xauthority
Mar 1 00:43:31: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 1 00:43:31 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /Users/Michael/.Xauthority
Mar 1 00:43:51: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app: Listening on socket for fd handoff: (4) /var/tmp/tmp.0.9OYerf
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app: Thread created for handoff. Returning success to tell caller to connect and push the fd.
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app: Received new $DISPLAY fd: 6 ... sleeping to allow xinitrc to catchup.
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app: dostart_x11server(): argc=6
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[0] = /usr/X11/bin/X
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[1] =
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[2] = -nolisten
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[3] = tcp
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[4] = -auth
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[5] = /Users/Michael/.serverauth.335
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: Xquartz: Handoff connection established (try 1 of 5) on fd 6, "/var/tmp/tmp.0.9OYerf". Sending message.
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: Xquartz: Message sent. Closing handoff fd.
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: Xquartz starting:
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X.Org X Server 1.4.2-apple45
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: Build Date: 20090705
Mar 1 00:43:51 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
Mar 1 00:43:54: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app Handing off fd to server thread via DarwinListenOnOpenFD(6)
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: DarwinListenOnOpenFD: 6
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: Calling ListenOnOpenFD() for new fd: 6
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: X11.app: Launching /usr/X11/bin/xterm:
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[0] = /bin/sh
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[1] = -c
Mar 1 00:43:54 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: argv[2] = /usr/X11/bin/xterm
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I quit the X11:
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Mar 1 00:45:45 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: Quitting Xquartz...
Mar 1 00:45:45 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: /usr/X11/bin/xinit: connection to X server lost.
Mar 1 00:45:45 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: waiting for X server to shut down
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AFTER quitting X11, I can see something related X11 is stilling running:
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Mar 1 00:46:06 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /Users/Michael/.Xauthority
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So what actually causes this problem?
Thanks in advance!
It turns out that there's something wrong about permissions.
Here's the fix:
(1) log in as the +root user+
(2) type +chown -R Michael:staff ~Michael+
(3) log out the +root user+
(4) log in your account
(5) done!
Hope this thread will help those who encounter the same problem as me!
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Snow Leopard 10.6.2 can't run 'X11.app' (with system log)
Hello everyone, English is not my mother tongue so may not be exactly correct, sorry about that.
Background:
I have a MacBook White (13-inch, Mid 2009) that isn't unibody, and was running Leopard 10.5.
I am the only one that will use the Mac and my user account is as the 'admin'.
When I was using 10.5, I could open the 'X11.app'.
But few days ago, I did a clean installation of 10.6.2 Snow Leopard from the USD$29 disc.
After that I installed the iLife '09 (the gray disc bundled with the MacBook),
and I cloned the drive to my ext. FireWire HD immediately after the installation of SL and iLife'09 by using the CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner).
After that, of course, I was going to install the apps I need, and update the software.
_But the problem appears:_
When I try to open the 'X11.app', the X11 icon begins jumping on the Dock, but nothing happens.
Jumping and jumping... finally, it doesn't jump any more, with just the X11 icon on the dock.
What's more, there is no white dot under the icon, which means the app isn't running at the moment.
I right-clicked the icon, it shows me 'application not responding'.
So, I open the *Activity Monitor*, and I can see there are two apps related to X11 are running:
(1) X11
(2) X11.bin
Please see below for the system log (around 1min. log, starting with the time when I open the X11)
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Feb 20 15:56:30 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook 0x0-0x33033.org.x.X1128300: X11.app: main(): argc=2
Feb 20 15:56:30 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook 0x0-0x33033.org.x.X1128300: argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
Feb 20 15:56:30 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook 0x0-0x33033.org.x.X1128300: argv[1] = -psn0208947
Feb 20 15:56:30 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook 0x0-0x33033.org.x.X1128300: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults28334: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.28308
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28308: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 15:56:33 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 15:56:34 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:56:36 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28441: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28441: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults28467: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28441: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.28441
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28441: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28441: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 15:56:44 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:56:46 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28574: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28574: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults28602: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28574: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.28574
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28574: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28574: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 15:56:54 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:56:56 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28708: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28708: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults28734: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28708: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.28708
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28708: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28708: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 15:57:04 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:57:06 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28841: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28841: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults28869: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28841: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.28841
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28841: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28841: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 15:57:14 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:57:16 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28974: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28974: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults29000: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28974: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.28974
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28974: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx28974: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 15:57:24 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 15:57:25 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 15:57:27 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
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It seems that the processes are repeating themselves,
so I decide to end them in the *Activity Monitor*.
For 'X11', I have to force quit.
For 'X11.bin', 'quit' is enough.
But after that, it seems that the processes are stilling running:
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Feb 20 16:03:11 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx33510: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.33510
Feb 20 16:03:11 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx33510: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 288: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Feb 20 16:03:11 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx33510: /usr/X11/bin/startx: eval: line 289: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Feb 20 16:03:11 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501135 (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Feb 20 16:03:11 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 16:03:13 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Done
Feb 20 16:03:21 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx33643: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 16:03:21 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx33643: font_cache: Updating FC cache
Feb 20 16:03:21 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.privileged_startx206: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches
Feb 20 16:03:21 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook defaults33669: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
Feb 20 16:03:21 (my user name)-(my user name)-MacBook org.x.startx33643: xauth: creating new authority file /Volumes/(my user name)'s Home/Users/(my user name)/.serverauth.33643
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As I've said, I have a clone of 10.6.2 on my ext. FireWire HD.
So I've tried to boot the MacBook with the key 'option' pressed in order to boot from the clone.
What surprises me is that I can open the X11 without any problem.
And I've tried to open a new user account to test.
Even if the account isn't 'admin', the X11 can be opened too.
What this phenomenon tells me is that maybe there is an app(s) that I installed will make the X11 not open.
I've Googled the problem and tried the following methods:
(1) Reinstall the X11 from the Snow Leopard disc.
(2) Log in as the 'root' user, go to *System Preferences* to create a temporary account (e.g. named 'test') so that I can delete my current account (e.g. named 'User') (I copied the UUID and pasted it into TextEdit, saving it on my different partition of ext. FireWire HD.). Then I open a new account with the same username (named 'User') and paste the UUID I previously saved to the newly created account (named 'User'), and then redirect the home folder path to the original home folder (the account named 'User' that I deleted).
(3) Create an account for testing (e.g. named 'test'), set it as admin. Then log in as the 'root' user, to use 'ditto' command in Terminal to copy my home folder to the account named 'test'. After that, I make the account for testing (account name 'test') have the permission to read and write the files by pressing 'command + I' the home folder, and then set the user 'test' having the permission to read and write and apply this to all the enclosed folder.
NONE of the above has worked.
So what can I do in order to make my X11.app work again?
Thanks in advance!!etresoft wrote:
But you have it running in the other account. With X11 problems, this is as easy as it gets.
I hope this problem can be solved soon...
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure you are going to have to use the Terminal.
I see, thanks for the info.! (I am new to the Mac since 2009 )
The only one that would cause any problem by being removed is ".Trash". You don't have any of the other files that Bob is talking about. It would be annoying for any heavy Terminal user to lose those dot files, but perfectly safe.
There is no need to even attempt to backup anything in /tmp.
Thanks for the info.!
Try this. In System Preferences, select Sharing and enable "Remote Login". Login to that Standard user who can run X11 with no problem. Then, just as a test, run "ssh <mainuser>@localhost". Verify that you are in the home directory of the user with the X11 problems. Don't do anything yet. Just type 'exit' to logout.
Reboot your machine. Login as the Standard User. Run "ssh <mainuser>@localhost" again. This time, run the "rm .<somefile>" on all those dot files (except for .Trash and maybe .CFUserEncoding). This time they should all stay deleted. Follow Bob's advice too and do "rm Library/Preferences/org.x.X11.plist". Type "cd /tmp" and delete everything you can find in there. You can't do any damage there. Type "exit" to quit the ssh session.
Now logout of the standard user and log back in to your primary user and try it again.
I am now at the standard account called 'test' and browse this web page using Safari through Wi-Fi.
4 things:
.bash_history
.DS_Store
.fontconfig
.Xauthority
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With the '.fontconfig', I can't delete it from the Terminal:
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:~ Michael$ rm .fontconfig+
_+rm: .fontconfig: is a directory+_
(At this moment, I Googled the 'rm' command and found these web pages:
http://ss64.com/osx/
http://newsourcemedia.com/blog/basic-terminal-commands/
That's why I try the 'rmdir' and 'sudo rm'.
But NONE of these command helps)
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:~ Michael$ rmdir .fontconfig+
_+rmdir: .fontconfig: Directory not empty+_
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:~ Michael$ sudo rm .fontconfig+
+WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss+
+or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your+
+typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.+
+To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.+
Password:
+Sorry, try again.+
Password:
_+rm: .fontconfig: is a directory+_
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:~ Michael$ sudo rm .fontconfig+
_+rm: .fontconfig: is a directory+_
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For the '/tmp':
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:~ Michael$ cd /tmp+
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:tmp Michael$ cd /+
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:/ Michael$ sudo rm -rf /tmp+
Password:
+Michael-Leungs-MacBook:/ Michael$ +
So, for the steps you provided, I can follow all the steps except the one '.fontconfig'
Hope the information I provided above can help you to help me!
Thank you etresoft! -
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Your computer never ever came on almost instantaneously from completely off. You are confusing waking up from sleep mode and booting the computer from completely off. -
When a process flow activity takes a long time to run.
Hello,
I have a process flow activity that sometimes takes a long time to run so that the process flow never ends. Is it possible that I can set the activity so that during a certain time that this has not been executed automatically flow process to continue?
I'm Using Oracle Warehouse Builder 11g on Windows Server 2003 R1.
Greetings and thanks.What I've done in the past is just use a small polling procedure (PL/SQL) and a conditional transition in the process flow, depending on what the proc returns (Continue or Fail) then the flow of control in the Process is changed.
I think the key also is to not have too much paralellism going on too, that way it's easy to streamline the PF and remove slow moving processes to a more linear path (stopping bottle necks on your logical AND).
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noeleeeen,
so you have an external hard disk, onto which you deleted/moved files from your internal hard disk, so that you now have 143 GB or so free on your internal hard disk — is that correct? Is the external disk purely for backups (e.g. a Time Machine destination), or does it function as a supplement to your internal disk?
Was it entirely your personal data files (documents, photos, movies, music, &c.) which you’d deleted or moved to the external disk, or did you also delete/move apps, libraries, &c. over there?
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I am using the datasource 0CRM_SALES_ACT_1 to extract activities data from CRM side. However, it is taking too long time to get any information there.
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Does anybody knows something about that?
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I've experienced a similar problem with this extractor. I attempted to Initialize Delta with Data Transfer to no avail. The job ran for 12+ hours and stayed in "yellow" status (0 records extracted). The following steps worked for me:
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Hopefully this will help.
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My mac is configured to use an active directory account (windows small biz server 2008), i configured a mobile account when i was still under leopard and it was working fine. Since i upgraded to snow leopard i started experience the following issues:
When i am out of the office (not connected on the domain), logging in to my mac take about 5min after i type the password, same thing when the mac awakes from sleep, i type my password and it says verifying password and this takes about 5 minutes to complete! Another issue i am experiencing is that whenever i put my mac to sleep, when it wakes up most of the running applications crash and i have to restart them. i was hoping 10.6.2 would fix that but it didn't.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for your support!I guess we will have to wait for someone to give us a clue, or for apple to release 10.6.3 .
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USB?
wifi?
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Hi, Recently my system has been slow to boot up in the morning & slower still to shut down at night.
Also my mail program is slow to open. I do have emails archived but my trash is always deleted & I'm trying to keep my "sent" folder not too full
Occasionally any programs I'm working in (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc) takes time to process whatever task I'm doing. (This happens maybe once or twice a week, not often)
thanksjudithfromrvc wrote:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 249.72 GB (249,715,376,128 bytes)
Available: 176.64 GB (176,635,330,560 bytes)
Is the bolded text the correct info? Many thanks for any help, J
<Edited By Host>
Yes it is. Thank you very much. You appear to have adaquate hard drive space available. Now try the following....
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
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The user is fine that a process will can take up to 10 minutes to run. (it is a batch processing routine and involves many other procedures, etc in the database to run)
I am running:
Forms [32 Bit] Version 10.1.2.3.0 (Production)
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.3.0 - Production
With the Partitioning and Data Mining options
Oracle Toolkit Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
PL/SQL Version 10.1.0.5.0 (Production)
Oracle Procedure Builder V10.1.2.3.0 - Production
PL/SQL Editor (c) WinMain Software (www.winmain.com), v1.0 (Production)
Oracle Query Builder 10.1.2.3.0 - Production
Oracle Virtual Graphics System Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Tools GUI Utilities Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Multimedia Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Tools Integration Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Tools Common Area Version 10.1.2.0.2
Oracle CORE 10.1.0.5.0 ProductionCreate an item which width is 100%, change the visual properties to show it like a bar.
Show it on separate window with a separate canvas.
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Process takes a long time to run
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What else can I try? Will a view help if I create it? I don't think so...What about materialized views instead of a simple view...
Thanks.Thanks for the reply dbahelp.
The smallest tables have like 50000 rows, the largest about 3 million rows. You think caching would help? It looks to me that if I cache say the smallest tables, the cache will be refreshed anyway when the large tables are being read.
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What can I do to correct this
My OS is Windows 7 with a lot of memory.
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Safari ▹ Preferences ▹ Extensions
Turn all extensions OFF and test. If the problem is resolved, turn extensions back ON and then disable them one or a few at a time until you find the culprit.
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outlook 2010 on windows 7 both with latest updates applied. outlook is in online mode and the option "Don't download automatically in HTML email messages or RSS tiems" is not selected.
it takes a long time to open the message with an embedded picture: at 6 sec to open an image size of 75kb
When I open the same message in OWA no delays at all.
I am using Exchange server 2010 Sp2 and I already created new outlook profiles for the users affected. no changes.
Any ideas?Hi Aprylmsx,
According to your description, I recommend you refer to the following methods to troubleshoot the issue:
1. Please check if there is any anti-virus software on your client PC, if yes , please disable it and check the result.
2. Please check if there are any 3rd party add-ins in your outlook, if yes, please remove it and check the result.
In addition, How many users encounter this issue? a lot or just only you?
Best regards,
Niko
Niko Cheng
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im on osx snow leopard but the lion is no longer available on app store. How can i still upgrade to lion? my computer by the way is not compatible with mountain lion. thanks
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I do think you should ask yourself if upgrading to Lion is the right course to take.
Snow Leopard is an excellent OS and Lion has literally been frozen out after barely a year. Remember too that some of your apps may not work with Lion (those that have Rosetta, for example) so that could mean more new purchases. Plus you may need to uprate your RAM too. -
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