Thanks so much!  After I installed xorg-server, one of the three methods for 
launching XQuartz (namely showing package contents and clicking X11.bin) 
started to work.



> On Aug 30, 2018, at 2:31 PM, John Lindal <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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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