I had the same problem.  Installing MacPorts' xorg-server fixed the problem.

John

> On Aug 24, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Alexandra Schwab <[email protected]> 
> 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,
> Ali
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