I installed xQuartz on a Yosemite laptop (X11 was zapped by upgrade)
without problem.
I installed xQuartz on a Snow Leopard desktop that still had X11 without
problems.
So, I did the same on my Snow Leopard Server (xServe). However, the
xQuartz.app refuses to start and the log files fill up with frequent
attempts to retart the X11 server (which I assume is what xQuartz.app is).
BUT... From "terminal" I can issue:
/Applications/Utilities/xQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 (or X11-bin) and
this will actually succesfully start the GUI app, t which point I can
set preferences, start new xterms etc.
Without the GUI app, I can start xterms with a DISPLAY pointing to my
desktop and this works.
With the former X11.app , there was no problem.
(disclaimer, I access the server GUI console as "ROOT", and via the
Apple "Screen Sharing App" since the server is headless). This setup
worked just fine with X11.
Before I post logs and request specific help, I would like to better
understand the role of each component so that I can understand what is
happening.
Questions:
-Is this a known problem for Snow Leopard Server ?
-Is there documentation on exactly what roles each part plays ?
In particular:
- what does /org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist accomplish
when I login ? (before I launch the xQuartz.app )
-When I login at command line, who sets the DISPLAY environment
variable to "/tmp/launch-rvfrHh/org.macosforge.xquartz:0" ?
-After I have tried to launch xQuartz.app and it failed, who causes it
to attempt to restart every few seconds ? ( I can see the Dock icon
wiggle, and more console entries displayed as it once again fails).
Since this app isn't meant to start by itself I am curous why/how it
gets restrated after failure without any interaction from me.
Based on responses, I may be better able to try to debug what is going
on and if I can't fix it myself, formulate more precise questions (with
relevant log entries etc).
Thanks in advance.
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