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Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

got_fucked_with_an_update — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:31:35 -0000

You know what's really great. It's almost a full year later and apple is still sucking the big ol' donkey dingus when it comes to X11. Good jorb guys!

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

aaroniba — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:04:00 -0000

OK, the link is updated. Thanks!

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

whizkid515 — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:25:11 -0000

The link that says "here" is for panther ppc. So it won't work. Change it to http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11updat...
thanks!!!

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Robert Black — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:49:54 -0000

I wish I had seen this before. I had so much trouble with Leopard and IDL, that I did downgrade back to Tiger. (I cloned my system onto an external HD before upgrading, just in case. I even tried the X11 v 2.3 and 2.4, but they wouldn't even launch.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

joerial — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:45:31 -0000

Can anyone help me understand why X11 in leopard crashes four minutes after it is launched? I upgraded X11 to 2.1.4

I got the following error message whenever it crashes

$ ./X11
X11.app: main(): argc=1
argv[0] = ./X11
X11.app: Closing the display and sleeping for 2s to allow the X server to start up.
X11.app: Launching /usr/X11/bin/xterm:
argv[0] = /usr/bin/login
argv[1] = -fp
argv[2] = jrial
argv[3] = /bin/sh
argv[4] = -c
argv[5] = /usr/X11/bin/xterm
Last login: Sat Mar 1 23:34:20 on ttys000
xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server "/tmp/launch-fy3uBg/:0"

$

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Solra Bizna — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:12:10 -0000

You have to follow the instructions again. The update partially replaced your new (old) X11 install and left it in an unworkable state.
-:sigma.SB

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Mosse Rodbay — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:13:54 -0000

I am having the same issue!

Mosse

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Jan Voerman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:04:15 -0000

Hi. That worked for me for a while, thanks. I just updated to 10.5.2 and X11 doesn't start anymore. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Jan.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:32:12 -0000

Step 3: The final step is to edit the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and go to the bottom of the file and replace "exec quartz-wm" with "exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm".

Assume there is no X11 in /etc/... what do I do?

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Russ H — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:46:59 -0000

THANK YOU!

I just got my new iMac Intel, and when I launched X11 I discovered I couldn't put any X11 windows
into my second display. Now it works great! Thanks!

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Carlos Le Mare — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:30:52 -0000

The third step can't be done because it is a directory, so I use "sudo rm -R /Library/Receipts/X11User.pkg"

Thanks for the tip.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Bernard Edlington — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:29:17 -0000

A not so broken version can be found at http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wik...

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

cmaceroni — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:40:51 -0000

Hi everybody,
I didn't get an answer but I found the solution of the issue (and restored the leopard x11) following these instructions:
http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/X11/Troubleshootin...
the only other thing you have to do in addition to what is explained there is to change owner and group of the downloaded file to the same (root - wheel on my macbook) of the other files in the destination directory.
I post it here to help whoever had the same (bad) idea of applying the 'three steps' on a brand new macbook as mine.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

cmaceroni — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:26:02 -0000

Hi,
I followed the three steps, and I got in trouble. After installing the 10.4 version,overcoming all the problems listed below, I started xterm and nothing. I tried to run quartz from the window and I got the message about missing library dylib. It looks difficult to solve that from the posts but I desperately need x11 for my work.
So I put the 10.4 app in the trashbin, then I tried to re-install Leopard-X11 from the installation disks. Result: it does not work either! I guess (as a mac beginner) that some of the sudo commands delete libraries or other necessary pieces of software. Actually I looked for /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.x.X11.plist and com.apple.pkg.X11User and they are not there.
Can somebosy help and explain HOW TO UNDO the 'three steps'?
Thanks from an absolute mac beginner!

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

rick Welch — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:09:42 -0000

Thank you SO much for this recipe. I was actually considering downgrading to Tiger.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

le_sacre — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:53:01 -0000

doing the above partially worked (reinstalling Leopard X11, then using Byer's instructions exactly (well, with typos fixed)). i think that my /Applications/Utilities/X11.app now launches the Tiger version of X11 (is there a way to check this? i only use X11 for matlab (an old unsupported release, R13, v6.5.1), and my only clue is that it seems to be working more like it used to instead of brokenly). however, the X11-launcher.app that Ben suggested would launch the Leopard version of X11 seems to do nothing at all, and when i launch /usr/X11/X11.app (version 2.0) it spawns a couple of icons and processes in the background, but when i click the icon it quits instantly.

i get the same exact behavior for both versions no matter whether i use the new or old version of xinitrc.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

le_sacre — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:19:03 -0000

tried the above instructions, and everything seemed to work with no errors. however, i still can't open X11. strangely, i get erratic behavior when i try. in all cases, a second X11 pops up in my dock, and the first X11 icon bounces. sometimes, it bounces once and then fails (the second icon disappears). sometimes, it keeps bouncing, and the second X11 process starts taking 100% of my cpu and stops responding. other times, the second X11 process actually spawns a window, takes up a lesser chunk of cpu, but still fails to respond (when i force quit the warning says "Xquartz quit while unresponsive." i can't figure even figure out why these different failure patterns occur seemingly at random. but it's definitely not working.

i think i may try reinstalling the leopard version and following Byer's methodology, and seeing what happens.

MBP here, using the Tiger installation disc that came with my machine.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:12:08 -0000

Not having to go through all this trouble was the main reason why I switched to Mac... unlike a PC, it used to be easy to run a Mac, and you did not have to be a computer nerd to do it. Not anymore.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Tino — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:07:34 -0000

There must not be a space between the Slash and the word "Contents".

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

Josh — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:15:50 -0000

I tried the Ben Byer recipe mentioned above but get an error on this step:
sudo ditto -Vx --noqtn /Volumes/X11\ Update\ 2006/X11Update2006.pkg/ Contents/Archive.pax.gz /

Output:
>>> Copying /Volumes/X11 Update 2006/X11Update2006.pkg/
ditto: /Volumes/X11 Update 2006/X11Update2006.pkg/: Is a directory

>>> Copying Contents/Archive.pax.gz
ditto: Contents/Archive.pax.gz: No such file or directory

Any help anyone can provide would be most appreciated. Leopard's X11 crashes all the time and I'm crippled by it.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

inoce1e — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:15:22 -0000

First tried the Ben Byer recipe

http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2007/...

Then had to symlink /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11

And do the step3

"edit the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and go to the bottom of the file and replace "exec quartz-wm" with "exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm".

It works fine for me, back to a usable X11 but still have two X11 on the dock

Thanks to all

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

ADP — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:09:22 -0000

I got it to work! Thanks. I had to try a few versions of X11 before using the one you provided in your instructions.

However, one bug.... I have TWO X11 icons in the doc. One is a functioning application and one doesn't work at all. Any idea why it is launching two apps but only loading fully one of them.

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

ADP — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:45:13 -0000

Nevermind, I got it to edit

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

ADP — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:39:02 -0000

I am having editing problems. I changed the user permissions and still cannot edit the file. It is owned by WHEEL.

Any ideas?

Re: Bring Back Tiger's X11 to Leopard in 3 Steps

ADP — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:37:04 -0000

Which version of X11 installer did you use? Use the one that came with Tiger, not the updater a previous posted listed.