Also check that your .xinitrc doesn't have anything causing problems. I had a problem where it was setting an alternate window manager that was missing, thus Xquartz kept starting and quitting.
-- Ted > On 24/08/2018 20:16, Alexandra Schwab wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I badly need XQuartz to work so that I can use XPP (a math modeling program) >> for a grad school class. I have spent about five hours Googling this >> problem and searching through BugZilla. I am running Mac OS High Sierra >> (10.13.6). XQuartz is refusing to launch properly. It is working for other >> Mac users I have spoken with. >> >> When I try to launch XQuartz.app by searching for it, I get “The app… can’t >> be opened.” When I open the X11 file from Terminal, XQuartz stays open for >> a couple of seconds — I can see the menu — and then it’s gone. When I try >> to open XQuartz by clicking on it, I see the animation of the icon >> expanding, indicating that the app should be opening, and then nothing >> happens. >> >> I have looked in my diagnostic reports folder for a crash log, but as far as >> I can tell, none has been generated. >> >> Thanks so much for any help you can give, > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
