Apologies for the slow reply, was away from the machine in question for longer than I expected.
On 18 Jun 2016, at 18:26, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jerem...@apple.com> wrote: > >> On Jun 17, 2016, at 14:50, Viv Kendon <v...@trellick.net> wrote: >> >> launchctl print gui/`id -u`/org.macosforge.xquartz >> launchctl: unknown subcommand “print" > > It looks like you're on an older OS version. That should work for Yosemite > and later. > > What version is your OS? Yeah, 10.9.5 (and a case-sensitive file system) > Run 'launchctl list org.macosforge.xquartz.startx’ instead launchctl list org.macosforge.xquartz.startx { "Label" = "org.macosforge.xquartz.startx"; "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "Aqua"; "OnDemand" = true; "LastExitStatus" = 512; "TimeOut" = 30; "ProgramArguments" = ( "/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx"; "/opt/X11/bin/startx"; "--"; "/opt/X11/bin/Xquartz"; ); "EnableTransactions" = true; "Sockets" = { "org.macosforge.xquartz:0" = ( file-descriptor-object; ); }; }; >> I’m not sure what this is supposed to do, so I tried launchctl list | grep >> startx and got >> - 2 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx >> >> however, I manually killed all the X11 running jobs before I left work today >> so that may be all the “2” is telling us, and I’m now ssh’d in remotely. >> I’ll be back in front of the machine on Monday. >> >> ls -l /opt/X11/libexec >> total 212 >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 136 May 31 10:42 ./ >> 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 9 root wheel 306 Jun 17 14:24 ../ >> 84 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 83728 May 31 10:42 launchd_startx* >> 128 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 129360 May 31 10:42 privileged_startx* >> >> (I have ls aliased with extra arguments) >> >> — Viv >> >> On 17 Jun 2016, at 17:39, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jerem...@apple.com> >> wrote: >> >>> What's the output of: >>> >>> launchctl print gui/`id -u`/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx >>> ls -l /opt/X11/libexec >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 17, 2016, at 06:56, Viv Kendon <v...@trellick.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> This sparkled its way onto my mac just now, but won’t launch properly. >>>> Error in console log is: >>>> >>>> 17/06/2016 14:36:21.860 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[175]: >>>> (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[34868]) Job failed to exec(3). Setting up >>>> event to tell us when to try again: 2: No such file or directory >>>> 17/06/2016 14:36:21.860 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[175]: >>>> (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[34868]) Job failed to exec(3) for weird >>>> reason: 2 >>>> >>>> There is some sort of running process (dock icon is lit) but finder says >>>> it is unresponsive. top shows >>>> >>>> 34867 X11.bin 0.0 00:00.00 1 0 7 163985 532K 472K >>>> 0B >>>> 34832 X11.bin 0.0 00:00.19 2 0 34 163982 13M 264K >>>> 0B >>>> >>>> Needless to say I haven’t changed anything X-related since the previous >>>> version was working just fine. >>>> >>>> Suggestions? Anything I could useful do/send to debug this? >>>> >>>> many thanks, >>>> — Viv >>>> >>>> On 31 May 2016, at 18:14, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jerem...@apple.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've released the second beta of XQuartz 2.7.10. The main changes since >>>>> the previous beta include: >>>>> fixes for TCP connections >>>>> enabling of IGLX support >>>>> the stuck "h" after hiding bug >>>>> improved WM_PROTOCOLS support >>>>> fixed a buffer overrun in libXfont >>>>> various package version updates. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.xquartz.org/releases/XQuartz-2.7.10_beta2.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Xquartz-dev mailing list >>>>> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >>>>> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Xquartz-dev mailing list >>>> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >>>> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xquartz-dev mailing list >>> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >>> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xquartz-dev mailing list >> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Xquartz-dev mailing list > Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev _______________________________________________ Xquartz-dev mailing list Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev