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XQuartz is a community supported version of the X11 server for Apple Mac OS X.
What's New
Version 2.7.1:
- This version features a variety of changes and improvements. Detailed information can be found here.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later
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XQuartz is a community supported version of the X11 server for Apple Mac OS X.
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Derekcurrie reviewed on 20 Feb 2012
This is GEEKWARE. It requires knowledge of using the CLI found in the Terminal app for full capability. If you don't know what X11 is, if you don't know what MacPorts are or what Fink/Porticus/PortAuthority/Pallet are, then don't download XQuartz. Don't install it. Don't write a one star review out of ignorance. Learn about X11 and XQuartz first.
I use X11 apps and features frequently. I love this stuff. But I am a geek and I have taken the time to learn how to use this. I also have unfathomably patience setting up this geek level stuff. It takes unfathomable patience to use X11 because it is designed by geeks for geeks, not for average or even intermediate users. It is in fact a big, frustrating PITA to use X11 successfully! But the rewards are a lot of fun.
ALSO NOTE: Apple are no longer going to provide X11 with Mac OS X! It come with the Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installer. INSTEAD Apple are going to direct Mac users to download exactly what we have here: XQuartz, the source project for X11. So if you like X11, download the latest stable XQuartz and get to work with it!
BUT! Be sure to read ALL the documentation at the source website BEFORE you download or install new versions. Because this is geekware, IT HAS BUGS. Some bugs may mean that it won't install on or work with your version of Mac OS X. Please do your homework so you're ready for the XQuartz's challenges.
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http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/Leopard/X11-2.6.3.dmg
From the developer:
http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/xquartz-dev/2011-July/003389.html
"XQuartz 2.6.3 is a stability and security release of the 2.6 series. It pulls in various bug fixes found over the past few months including some annoying crashers with RandR, quartz-wm window placement issues, and better support for AFP home directories. In addition, this release includes fixes for the libpng vulnerabilities announced earlier this month.
"Due to the nature of these changes, I decided to roll one last release of XQuartz for Leopard. This should be the last release to support Leopard. I previously said 2.6.1 would be the last Leopard release, but this time I mean it ;)"
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Nukefixer reviewed on 24 Dec 2010
I would appreciate anyones detailed help.
When I go into terminal as its suggested on the developers page and use whats mentioned, the sudo command, I am asked for a password prior to it running, I never installed a password on my computer when initially setting it up?
Also is it possible to somehow disable this and use the Apple version from now on?
And I'm giving this low marks only because it will not allow me to submit these remarks unless I fill out the stars!
Thank you,
regards,
Gary
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http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ
And in the future, stay away from software that you don't understand. Just because it appears on MacUpdate doesn't mean it's intended for use by everybody. Some software is only for advanced users.
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sudo gives you administrative (root) access to your system and uses your user password to do so. You were required to provide your password when you installed the software, so I'm puzzled why you think you don't have one. Please enter your user password using the uninstallation commands on the website.
Also, what problems are you seeing with the newer version of XQuartz that makes you want to revert to the version installed with Snow Leopard?
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"If you're a Leopard user, I'm sorry, but your update has been delayed (probably until January). I lost my connection to my Leopard box while creating the package and won't have access to it for a couple weeks. 2.6.0_rc1 should serve you well until then."
http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/xquartz-dev/2010-December/003062.html
Info on RC1 for Leopard, if you can't wait 2 weeks:
http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/xquartz-dev/2010-December/003053.html
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http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/Leopard/X11-2.6.0.dmg
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Where does this come from?
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http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/
I alos would be careful with newest alpha+betas if not on an hobbiest system.
But for my knowledge you can easy overwrite such an alpha with an stable (2.3.X) one.
So the risk is very less to do an big failture testing this.
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If you are a casual user, I advise you to stick with 2.4.0 on Leopard or the shipping version of 2.3.4 on SnowLeopard. If you got suckered into 2.4.1_alpha3 by this site, follow these steps to get rid of it:
1) Open Terminal.app
2) Run this:
sudo rm -rf /opt/X11 /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app /Library/Launch*/org.macosforge.xquartz.*
3) Logout and Login
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Still doesn't explain why they're talking about 10.7, though. :)
I'm having a similar problem to that reported by RODJEN.
{code}
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM defaults[27340]
The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] xauth: creating new authority file /Users/bsmith/.serverauth.27313
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] xauth: (stdin):2: unknown command "f60c7923c75ea2b00b5b1141d27a1f69"
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] xauth: (stdin):3: unknown command "f60c7923c75ea2b00b5b1141d27a1f69"
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] Xquartz: X11.app = /Applications/Utilities/X11_crashing.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] Xquartz: Starting X server: /Applications/Utilities/X11_crashing.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] dyld: Library not loaded: /Appli
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] cations/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/X11_crashing.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.startx[27313] Reason: image not found
17/10/09 1:48:31 PM org.x.privileged_startx[5656] font_cache: Updating FC cache
17/10/09 1:48:33 PM org.x.startx[27313] font_cache: Done
17/10/09 1:48:33 PM org.x.startx[27313] waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
17/10/09 1:48:33 PM org.x.startx[27313] waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
17/10/09 1:48:33 PM org.x.privileged_startx[5656] font_cache: Done
{code}
I found Sparkle 1.5b6
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20366/sparkle
Should it be ok just to install this? Will it help and not break anything else. I don't have any unusual installs afaik.
Thanks,
Brooke
Well rather ...
So the current version of X11 wasn't working so I downloaded the new version and installed it. I was getting the errors shown above and posted the TROUBLE comment.
However I noticed from the log file where I went wrong. I just renamed the old version to "X11_crashing" and even though I installed a new version, some how the install was done into this X11_crashing. However there was an X11 created but it seems like the X11_crashing changed its name to this. So I was infact still launching the old version when I crated the above TROUBLE report.
I cleaned all this up and it now works. Pasting has been restored too (which was the original reason I tried to update X11). Phew.
So sorry for this noise and thanks for all the great work on X11.
Cheers,
Brooke
ps. what'd be great is if X-Windows were separate entries in the taskbar. So gnucash, gimp etc... have their own task bar icons. Like Exceed under Windows.
This is the Apple report: Process: X11.bin [1487]
Path: /Users/jenness47372/Applications/Terminal/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
Identifier: X11.bin
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: X [1486]
Interval Since Last Report: 55820 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 12
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 11
Date/Time: 2009-08-15 11:06:24.035 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 3E485B87-A5BA-4471-9D15-9D57BA5D6259
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
Referenced from: /Users/jenness47372/Applications/Terminal/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
Reason: image not found
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I solved the problem by putting X11 in /Applications/Utilities that it would work OK.
Thanks,
rodjen
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Oldr4ver rated on 03 May 2011
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Jeremyhu rated on 30 Apr 2011
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Beige rated on 15 Mar 2011