James,
Christopher,
Thanks for all that help; it seems that I am progressing. It worked
with the password with your instructions. And I succeeded in opening
OO, but nothing happens: no file, no document.. It seems to me that
it is now because of my problem with X11 which still does not work. I
tried to re-install X11user.pkg, but I get the message that it cannot
be installed on my hard disk because I have a newer version installed
(which is "X11Update2006.pkg". Should I delete this package and try
to re-install "X11usr.pkg" or else..?
Laurent
Le 06-11-10 à 15:59, Christopher Frank a écrit :
Hi Laurent,
-I then entered "sudo RM/Library/Receipts/X11user.pkg
Some questions - maybe silly:
did you leave a blank between "rm" and "/Library/R....." ? The
line above does not have the required blank.
And - just an idea: Apple terminal is - like nearly all Unix/Linux
derivates - case sensitive, so "RM", "Rm", "rm" and "rM" are four
different commands.
The right command is in small letters. And it will rEmOVE sth.
-AND I AM STUCK AGAIN on that freeze when I try to enter my
password (does not take ANY letter).
Can you help a bit more about entering my passwork, solving that
freeze problem.
Maybe there is a fundamental misunderstanding: If you type your
password, the cursor of the terminal-app will _not_ move (for
security reasons or whatever) and there will be no (optical)
feedback. Just enter the password and hit "return". That's simple.
And a hint to sudo: please be _very_ careful with the sudo command
(like all root-commands on unix-machines). The command empower you
to crash the whole machine.
So please acurately follow the advices given by James and/or the
documentation. Did you hold the right sequence of installing /
deleting stuff?
hope this helps and good luck.
Christopher
Thanks
-P.S. I have a French version. Does it have any impact of
accessing something?
Le 06-11-10 à 00:38, James McKenzie a écrit :
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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