Finding X11.app

I need the x11.app program for something, but I have no idea where to find it! Can someone direct me to it, please?

hi ker-plop.
if you installed it (IIRC it is an optional install), it will be sitting in Applications > Utilities.....
if you don't see it there, you should be able to easily pull it off of your Tiger install disk using Pacifist....
AFAIK, this installer cannot be downloaded... cheers

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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
==========
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
==========
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+_
=========
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!

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!!
==========
*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
==========
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
==========
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!

How can I restrict X11 apps to my primary display?

The question's in the subject line, but here's why.
I have a secondary display attached to my iMac and I find it very useful as a dumping ground for useful ancillary windows and apps. The arrangement of my workspace dictates that the secondary display be located to the left of and below my iMac's screen. I have it set up so that my cursor tracks from one to the other with reasonable accuracy, allowing for the difference in pixel-pitch.
There are a couple of X11 apps that I use regularly that insist on positioning their windows such that their left edges are aligned with the left edge of the secondary display, while their top edges are aligned with that of the primary, meaning there is a sizeable chunk of those windows that is effectively invisible and unclickable, including their "traffic lights" and, this being X11, their menu-bars. I means that every time I start these apps, I have to reposition their windows.
This is very annoying, to say the least. I don't want to move the secondary monitor, either to the right of my primary screen or to align their top edges. I just want X11 to be completely unaware of the secondary screen's existence, while Leopard is still able to use it.
There must be a config that I can insert into a profile somewhere. I've searched far and wide for an answer without success. Can anyone here help me out?

Alright, I've done the research for you, as well as experimented make sure it worked.
On your Mac add the following to $HOME/.Xresources
xclock*geometry: 5020
Now execute the following command:
xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
Now either from a remote system or locally, invoke
xclock
This worked both from my Mac OS X Leopard system and from a RedHat EL4 Linux system. Also worked on my Mac OS X Tiger system.
Substitute xclock with the names of your applications. If xclock works for you, but your applciations do not, then it is your applications, or the names you are using to invoke the applciations are not the names being advertised to X11.
You can get info about a specific X11 window using
xwininfo
then click on the X11 window you want information about. This should tell you the name of the application controlling the window
xwininfo: Window id: 0x80000a "xclock"
NOTE: I did a google search on "Xresource geometry", and found an example in the 3rd match. I had to dig a little more to find the xrdb command.
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Kernel panic, then x11.app won't launch.

I had a kernel panic a hour or two ago while doing a bunch of stuff (compiling pkgsrc bootstrap, running virtual pc, and surfing w/firefox), and now X11.app won't launch. The only error messages I can find are in the console log:
XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
[DRI] screen 0 installation complete
Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
bind: Address already in use
X connection to .0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Quitting XDarwin...
Any thoughts? This is right after a clean reboot, too...
powerbook 12" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Feh, of course right after posting this, I figured it out.
I had an ssh-agent socket hanging around, apparently that did it.
+j

How to run an X11 app as a normal icon on the dock?

How to run an X11 app as a normal icon on the dock?
I don't want to have to go through the X11 app than up to the command, etc. I want it to run as a normal osx app

I've only got one X11 application, Wireshark. I have its icon on my dock -- I just dragged it to there from its location in the Finder. When I click on it (Wireshark's dock icon), X11 starts, then Wireshark starts inside X11's environment. Have you tried doing it that way with your app, or is Wireshark's behavior in that regard just a different animal from all the other X11 apps that are out there for Mac?

[10.5] ssh starts X11.app

Good morning,
Strange behaviour on a system with a new installation of leopard: every time I try to connect to any remote host by ssh (under Terminal.app), X11.app starts.
I'm still trying to find why, and already checked the .bashrc, .profile, etc. for special things (because now X11 is automaticaly started by launchd when "required"), but no success yet.
Verbose output of the connection:
debug1: Enabling compression at level 6.
debug1: Requesting pty.
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
debug1: Requesting authentication agent forwarding.
debug1: Requesting shell.
I tried to set "ForwardX11 no" in /etc/ssh_config, but it didn't changed anything.
Regards, Olivier, still searching (because X11/XQuarz takes a lot of ram & cpu)

I pre-ordered 10.5, so I don't have it yet.
However, this might be a behavior of the new X11, which is designed to launch on demand (and probably isn't sophisticated enough to see if the ssh command is followed by a -X or -Y, which would take an additional 3 lines of shell-scripting).

Old dylib's in X11 app

After install it(from .dmg file) , I am trying to run the last version of Wireshark , and I get erros in the console regarding required dylib versions like :
[0x0-0x28e28e].org.wireshark.Wireshark[3805] Reason: Incompatible library version: wireshark-bin requires version 42.0.0 or later, but libpng12.0.dylib provides version 36.0.0
[0x0-0x280280].org.wireshark.Wireshark[3621] Reason: Incompatible library version: wireshark-bin requires version 6.0.0 or later, but libfontconfig.1.dylib provides version 5.0.0
installed X11 app comes from my OS X Snow Leopard DVD, is there anyway to update these libraries ? if yes, where can I find info on the process ?
thanks fyh

kadoudal wrote:
I am running 10.6.4 so I downloaded the Snow Leopard version
I downloaded Wireshark and it runs fine on my system.
You still have some old libraries on your system. You haven't installed anything like Fink or MacPorts have you? Somehow the Wireshark executable is finding old, incompatible libraries at runtime. If you don't know where those came from and/or don't know how to get rid of them, I suggest backing up, repartitioning, and reinstalling the OS.

Start X11.app without xinerama

Hi All,
Does anybody know how to start X11.app without the xinerama option in Xquartz?
Do I need to change the .xinitrc and how?
Thank you in advance for the help.
G5 Biproc 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Java applications will only work if the classpath is set properly. Thus if you double-click on a JAR (or something else associated with Java) you might find that nothing seems to happen. Usually it'll open a DOS windows, start Java, chuck an Error and close the window quickly.
This doesn't mean that you should go round setting the system classpath to get all your applications to run - that's a recipe for disaster!
Sometimes it's best just to create a new shortcut for your application, specifying the full Java command for running your application and click on that:
javaw.exe -cp [your classpath here] MyMainClass
or
javaw.exe -cp [your classpath here] -jar MyMainJar.jar
If the classpath gets long, though, this won't work 'cos Windows will only allow a certain length for the shortcut. You'll have to use an external file to list the classpath contents then. I doubt this will affect you yet, however.
Hope this helps.

~~~ x11.app - optional installation ~~~

I need something called 'x11.app' in order to use a program called DarWine. I've looked around the internet and it seems that my only way to get x11.app for my PPC 10.4.11 Mac is to use the installation CD. This however, is missing as I never imagined I'd have to use it again 3-4 years down the line.
1) Is there a way to install x11.app on a 10.4.11 Tiger without using the installation CD?
2) If not, how might I be able to obtain another copy of this CD?

What do you do if you need to repair your hard drive if you don't have the installation disc? You should have it replaced just on general principles. Call AppleCare for a replacement.
You can find the download link here.
You want to install the X11User.pkg. The other package is not needed and need not be installed.

Can't find X11

Hi,I can't find my X11 app. When I went to install the X11 2006 update, it said no installation needed. So I'm thinking it's here some where. btw I'm on a computer at work, so I wouldn't know what is installed on it. This is a Dual 2ghz G5 10.4.10

^^^ No, it means the OP hasn't got X11 on his system so there is nothing for the updater to update.
You need to have 1.1 or later there already - I'm in the same boat as I can't find where to download the installer. Only the old 1.0 release seems to be on apple.com
If he has the Tiger disc handy he can use that, but if like me that's not handy then, well, that's why he posted here really, to find a route to X11

How to improve X11 apps performance?

Hi all,
I'm looking for advices on how to improve performance of x11 apps on Lion (10.7.3), specifically apps running in (Amazon) cloud because local x11 apps (e.g. GIMP) run just fine.
Some of the apps I have tried include: (basic) xfontsel, Firefox on Amz EC2 Linux64 AMI, Chromium on Amz EC2 Ubuntu AMI. These mostly seem sluggish compared to the average performance I've come to expect from most OS X apps, including x11 ones like, again, GIMP.
Thanks in advance.

You wrote "VNC into the Linux system and run the X11 session local to the virtual machine".
On my headless remote Linux virtual machine client, I have it configured so vncserver is started at boot time on port 5951 (because I want to use Display 51 ) running a gnome session via ~username/.vnc/xstartup:
#!/bin/sh
# Bob Harris $HOME/.vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic & # needed for clipboard support.
# run gnone as my session manager.
/usr/bin/gnome-session &
I modify
/etc/sysconfig/vncservers
and add
VNCSERVERS="51:myusername"
VNCSERVERSARGS[51]="-geometry 800x600"
Then run the command
sudo chkconfig --level 345 vncserver on
to configure the vncserver so it is started in runlevel's 3, 4, and 5 after booting.
Do i understand correctly that you VNC into a shell?
As stated above, vncserver is started at boot time via one of the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file and the chkconfig command.
I ssh into a shell session on my remote Linux system (often several ssh shell sessions), but they are not involved with the VNC sessions (except when I did my initial vncserver configuration work.
and the VM uses a vnc server that is not x11vnc.
While I have played with x11vnc, I do not need it for my headless Linux system.
Where I have found x11vnc useful is when I want to mirror a "real" monitor attached to a Linux workstation. Generally speaking the vncserver will NOT attach to a real monitor. But if you use the Linux workstation while in the office, but then want to take over the active sessions when you go home at night, or are working from home the next day, then x11vnc is useful. There are several people in our office that only come into work a few days a week, and whant the ability to continue working where they left off while at work.
My remote Linux system does not have a display head, so the default vncserver is perfectly OK.
And running X11 local on VM means startx from that shell?
That means, I use a VNC client on my Mac that connects to the remote Linux vncserver, started as specified above. This VNC session gives me access to the remote Linux's vncserver started desktop. From there I can start local to the remote Linxu box, X11 GUI session, I can start xterm sessions, etc... all of which are presented to me via the VNC session.
As for Mac VNC clients. There is always the built-in Mac OS X VNC client: Finder -> Go -> Connect to server -> vnc://address.of.remote.Linux:5951. Or you can use Chicken (formally known as Chicken of the VNC), RealVNC, JollysFastVNC, and if you want to you can even use TightVNC via MacPorts.org that will use the Mac OS X X11 as its display. There are most likely other Mac VNC clients, but these are the ones I'm familiar with.
To recap. I have VNC started on my remote system via configuration options. I connect using a Mac OS X VNC client, then through the VNC client, I start X11 sessions that run local to the remote Linux box and allow VNC to show me the image.
I also ssh into a bash shell session on my remote Linux box where I mostly edit via Vim sources, do compiles, source code control, etc... All the typical software developer activities.
And for some very specific X11 applications (mostly gvimdiff) I will allow the X11 display to be exported to my Mac across an ssh -Y connection, but ONLY because the work network connection to that facility 2,000 miles away is a very fat very fast networking connection, AND because gvimdiff is not as X11 chatty as a lot of other X11 GUI applications. But I do not use gvimdiff across the internet if my connection is slow. For example, if I'm at home, my home network connection is not all that fast, so I then use a VNC session for that kind of thing. But since I mostly go into the office, I only really have play with VNC from home when I'm sick or need to be home for a delivery or repair people working at the house.
Hopefully you understand my VNC vs ssh vs X11 usage now.

Notify no longer working with find friends app!

On find friends app the notify button no longer works and myself and everyone I'm trying to set the notify button has the latest update "6.1.2". Any one else having the same problem?

I didn't realize until I went to a class to lecture in front of a couple hundred students that what worked on Friday no longer worked on Monday. (I upgraded to iOS 5 over the weekend.) My iPad with lecture slides was plugged in 25 feet away. I finally recruited a student to tap the iPad screen when I needed the next slide. A nightmare. What is usually slick and seamless was a wreck.
Here's my deal. My remote app works fine at home where my iPod Touch and iPad are on the same wifi network. At school they're on different networks for some reason. Bluetooth doesn't work anywhere. So Apple needs to find this bug and fix it. I can't believe whoever is responsible for this didn't test this out before they released iOS 5. Sheesh.

I have tried a lot to find an app or some way in email to attach multiple of pdf files in one email. I could not find anything that sends multiple pdf file in one email and still keeping the file in simple pdf format for the recipient.

I have tried a lot to find an app or some way in email to attach multiple of pdf files in one email. I could not find anything that sends multiple pdf file in one email and still keeping the file in simple pdf format for the recipient.

I am not aware of a way except for photos that allows you to select multiple files in an email. I even checked settings in the Adobe Reader app, and it does not show that ability.

HT201272 Where can I find the app password saver by yonglin wang. i wanted to restore my iphone and i had purchased this app and it is not anywhere in my purchases to reload. Why is it not on my list of purchases?

Where can I find the app "password Saver" by yonglin wang? while updating my iphone the app was dropped for some reason. I went to reload from my purchased apps and it is not available. The history shows my purchase but I can not find the app to reload. I've lost some critical info and need to retreive if possible. Any suggestions?

You tried what ? If the app is no longer available in the store (can you find it in the main part of the store ?) for re-downloading then you would need to have a copy of it somewhere e.g. on your computer's iTunes, on a backup of your downloads.

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