Laurent Chabot wrote:
> First, the X symbol for X11 is there on the dock, and when I try to
> open, it just bounces, and nothing else. You're right, X11 stopped
> working, as well as OO, after updating X11.
> I reinstalled the system fro the installation disc. But I don't see
> X11User.pkg on the installation disk under packages or utilities or
> else but I can see it thow on my hard disk.
>
> Second, when I try to enter my password, I can't even write a single
> letter. Nothing happen, it is like a freeze, except that I make
> returns or enters.
> Thanks
Laurent:

This appears to be more than just a simple OpenOffice.org problem. 

First, if you are logged on as an user with administrative rights, using
the sudo program should accept a password.  It appears that your system
may be corrupt and your hard drive maybe experiencing problems.  I
highly recommend taking your system to someone to get it serviced and
have the hard drive checked.

Second, If the X11 icon is in the dock this does not mean that the X11
program is installed.  Is this program in the Applications -> Utilities
folder?  If it is, click on the icon.  Does anything happen?  Can you
open a terminal session, expand it to full screen width and then type in
the following command:  ps -aux

You should see two lines similar to the following:

bubba 20047   0.0  0.1    27728    792  ??  S     8:05PM   0:00.01
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
bubba 20056   0.0  1.0   353844  10700  ??  S     8:05PM   0:25.33
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 -nolisten tcp :0

These signify that the X11 application is running and waiting for a
program to request its services.

If you do not see these two lines, X11 needs to be reinstalled and this
requires the usage of the sudo command like so:

sudo rm /Library/Receipts/X11user.pkg

but you cannot enter a password in order to use this program.  Again,
this may require you to take your Mac to an Apple service center, or if
you have Mac Gurus at your local Apple store they may be able to fix
this problem.

Good luck and hopefully you will be able to get this situation resolved.

James McKenzie

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