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djpenguin

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Feb 2, 2007
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As the title says, I'm having trouble with X11. Specifically, the trouble is that X11 will not start without failing. X11 will try to open, make a brief wiggle on the dock as it attempts to display the icon, and then crash with a fatal error. The process repeats until the machine is rebooted, there doesn't seem to be any way to stop this process from the command line or the force quit dialog.

I've tried reinstalling X11 from the 10.5 DVD, but that didn't help. Any thoughts on what I can do to get X11 to function properly? There are two programs that I need to use that require X11, so I need to find a way to make it work.

Here's a snippet of the error logs, this basically just keeps repeating and repeating, and it will do so until the machine is rebooted:

Code:
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: X11.app = /usr/X11/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Unrecognized option: -launchd
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: use: X [:<display>] [option]
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -a #                   mouse acceleration (pixels)
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -ac                    disable access control restrictions
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -audit int             set audit trail level
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -auth file             select authorization file
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -br                    create root window with black background
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: +bs                    enable any backing store support
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -bs                    disable any backing store support
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -c                     turns off key-click
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: c #                    key-click volume (0-100)
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -cc int                default color visual class
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -co file               color database file
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -core                  generate core dump on fatal error
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -dpi int               screen resolution in dots per inch
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: dpms                   enables VESA DPMS monitor control
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -dpms                  disables VESA DPMS monitor control
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -deferglyphs [none|all|16] defer loading of [no|all|16-bit] glyphs
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -f #                   bell base (0-100)
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fc string             cursor font
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fn string             default font name
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fp string             default font path
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -help                  prints message with these options
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -I                     ignore all remaining arguments
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -ld int                limit data space to N Kb
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -lf int                limit number of open files to N
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -ls int                limit stack space to N Kb
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -nolock                disable the locking mechanism
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -logo                  enable logo in screen saver
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: nologo                 disable logo in screen saver
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -nolisten string       don't listen on protocol
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -noreset               don't reset after last client exists
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -reset                 reset after last client exists
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -p #                   screen-saver pattern duration (minutes)
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -pn                    accept failure to listen on all ports
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -nopn                  reject failure to listen on all ports
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -r                     turns off auto-repeat
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: r                      turns on auto-repeat 
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -render [default|mono|gray|color] set render color alloc policy
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -s #                   screen-saver timeout (minutes)
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -sp file               security policy file
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -su                    disable any save under support
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -t #                   mouse threshold (pixels)
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -terminate             terminate at server reset
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -to #                  connection time out
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -tst                   disable testing extensions
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: ttyxx                  server started from init on /dev/ttyxx
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: v                      video blanking for screen-saver
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -v                     screen-saver without video blanking
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -wm                    WhenMapped default backing-store
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -wr                    create root window with white background
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -x string              loads named extension at init time 
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -maxbigreqsize         set maximal bigrequest size 
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: +xinerama              Enable XINERAMA extension
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -xinerama              Disable XINERAMA extension
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -dumbSched             Disable smart scheduling, enable old behavior
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -schedInterval int     Set scheduler interval in msec
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: +extension name        Enable extension
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -extension name        Disable extension
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -query host-name       contact named host for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -broadcast             broadcast for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -multicast [addr [hops]] IPv6 multicast for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -indirect host-name    contact named host for indirect XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -port port-num         UDP port number to send messages to
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -from local-address    specify the local address to connect from
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -once                  Terminate server after one session
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -class display-class   specify display class to send in manage
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -cookie xdm-auth-bits  specify the magic cookie for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -displayID display-id  manufacturer display ID for request
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -kb                    disable the X Keyboard Extension
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: +kb                    enable the X Keyboard Extension
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: [+-]accessx [ timeout [ timeout_mask [ feedback [ options_mask] ] ] ]
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]:                        enable/disable accessx key sequences
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -ardelay               set XKB autorepeat delay
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -arinterval            set XKB autorepeat interval
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Device Dependent Usage:
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fakebuttons : fake a three button mouse with Command and Option keys.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -nofakebuttons : don't fake a three button mouse.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fakemouse2 <modifiers> : fake middle mouse button with modifier keys.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fakemouse3 <modifiers> : fake right mouse button with modifier keys.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]:   ex: -fakemouse2 "option,shift" = option-shift-click is middle button.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -keymap <file> : read the keymapping from a file instead of the kernel.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -version : show the server version.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Quartz modes:
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -fullscreen : run full screen in parallel with Mac OS X window server.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -rootless : run rootless inside Mac OS X window server.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -quartz : use default Mac OS X window server mode
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Options ignored in rootless mode:
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -size <height> <width> : use a screen resolution of <height> x <width>.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -depth <8,15,24> : use this bit depth.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: -refresh <rate> : use a monitor refresh rate of <rate> Hz.
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Fatal server error:
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Unrecognized option: -launchd
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]:    AbortDDX
Jul 19 15:12:25 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9501]: Quitting Xquartz...
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee com.apple.launchd[72] (org.x.X11[9501]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: X11.app = /usr/X11/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Unrecognized option: -launchd
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: use: X [:<display>] [option]
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -a #                   mouse acceleration (pixels)
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -ac                    disable access control restrictions
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -audit int             set audit trail level
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -auth file             select authorization file
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -br                    create root window with black background
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: +bs                    enable any backing store support
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -bs                    disable any backing store support
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -c                     turns off key-click
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: c #                    key-click volume (0-100)
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -cc int                default color visual class
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -co file               color database file
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -core                  generate core dump on fatal error
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -dpi int               screen resolution in dots per inch
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: dpms                   enables VESA DPMS monitor control
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -dpms                  disables VESA DPMS monitor control
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -deferglyphs [none|all|16] defer loading of [no|all|16-bit] glyphs
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -f #                   bell base (0-100)
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fc string             cursor font
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fn string             default font name
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fp string             default font path
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -help                  prints message with these options
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -I                     ignore all remaining arguments
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -ld int                limit data space to N Kb
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -lf int                limit number of open files to N
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -ls int                limit stack space to N Kb
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -nolock                disable the locking mechanism
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -logo                  enable logo in screen saver
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: nologo                 disable logo in screen saver
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -nolisten string       don't listen on protocol
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -noreset               don't reset after last client exists
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -reset                 reset after last client exists
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -p #                   screen-saver pattern duration (minutes)
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -pn                    accept failure to listen on all ports
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -nopn                  reject failure to listen on all ports
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -r                     turns off auto-repeat
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: r                      turns on auto-repeat 
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -render [default|mono|gray|color] set render color alloc policy
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -s #                   screen-saver timeout (minutes)
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -sp file               security policy file
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -su                    disable any save under support
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -t #                   mouse threshold (pixels)
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -terminate             terminate at server reset
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -to #                  connection time out
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -tst                   disable testing extensions
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: ttyxx                  server started from init on /dev/ttyxx
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: v                      video blanking for screen-saver
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -v                     screen-saver without video blanking
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -wm                    WhenMapped default backing-store
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -wr                    create root window with white background
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -x string              loads named extension at init time 
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -maxbigreqsize         set maximal bigrequest size 
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: +xinerama              Enable XINERAMA extension
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -xinerama              Disable XINERAMA extension
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -dumbSched             Disable smart scheduling, enable old behavior
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -schedInterval int     Set scheduler interval in msec
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: +extension name        Enable extension
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -extension name        Disable extension
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -query host-name       contact named host for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -broadcast             broadcast for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -multicast [addr [hops]] IPv6 multicast for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -indirect host-name    contact named host for indirect XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -port port-num         UDP port number to send messages to
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -from local-address    specify the local address to connect from
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -once                  Terminate server after one session
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -class display-class   specify display class to send in manage
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -cookie xdm-auth-bits  specify the magic cookie for XDMCP
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -displayID display-id  manufacturer display ID for request
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -kb                    disable the X Keyboard Extension
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: +kb                    enable the X Keyboard Extension
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: [+-]accessx [ timeout [ timeout_mask [ feedback [ options_mask] ] ] ]
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]:                        enable/disable accessx key sequences
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -ardelay               set XKB autorepeat delay
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -arinterval            set XKB autorepeat interval
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Device Dependent Usage:
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fakebuttons : fake a three button mouse with Command and Option keys.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -nofakebuttons : don't fake a three button mouse.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fakemouse2 <modifiers> : fake middle mouse button with modifier keys.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fakemouse3 <modifiers> : fake right mouse button with modifier keys.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]:   ex: -fakemouse2 "option,shift" = option-shift-click is middle button.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -keymap <file> : read the keymapping from a file instead of the kernel.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -version : show the server version.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Quartz modes:
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -fullscreen : run full screen in parallel with Mac OS X window server.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -rootless : run rootless inside Mac OS X window server.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -quartz : use default Mac OS X window server mode
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Options ignored in rootless mode:
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -size <height> <width> : use a screen resolution of <height> x <width>.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -depth <8,15,24> : use this bit depth.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: -refresh <rate> : use a monitor refresh rate of <rate> Hz.
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Fatal server error:
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Unrecognized option: -launchd
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]:    AbortDDX
Jul 19 15:12:37 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9504]: Quitting Xquartz...
Jul 19 15:12:49 Dirty-Dee com.apple.launchd[72] (org.x.X11[9504]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 19 15:12:49 Dirty-Dee org.x.X11[9506]: X11.app = /usr/X11/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
 
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