#31 Xdarwin fails to start--font issue?

[Anonymous]

[localhost:~] ewieland% Xdarwin -quartz
Running in parallel with Mac OS X Quartz window
server.

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XFree86 Version 4.0.99.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release
6510)
Release Date: 19 February 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if
your hardware is
newer than the above date, look for a newer
version before
reporting problems. (See http://
www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin
Mac OS X Quartz support available.
Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix
should be set to root
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/
X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/misc/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/CID/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
OsVendorFatalError
AbortDDX
ddxGiveUp

...and using 'open XDarwin.app' pops up the 'X'
icon in the docl for a split second. Any
suggestions?

[Greg Parker]

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Looks like a file permissions problem; it's complaining about
a bunch of 'missing' files, not just fonts. Try running
`chmod -R a+rX /usr/X11R6` as root, which will give all users
access to read files and run programs in the X Windows
directory.

(You might want to run startx instead of Xdarwin directly.
Running Xdarwin will give you a gray screen but no xterms or
other X programs. `startx -- -quartz`)

[Torrey T. Lyons]

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It looks like Xdarwin isn't being set to run as root. (This
could happen if you didn't unpack the XAqua0.4.tgz tarball in
/, and just copied it there after unpacking it somewhere
else.) You can check an make sure the permission are set
correctly on Xdarwin with "ll /usr/X11R6/bin/XDarwin.app/
Contents/MacOS/Xdarwin". You should get:

-rws--x--x 1 root wheel 2068944 Mar 18 22:35 /usr/X11R6/
bin/XDarwin.app/Contents/MacOS/Xdarwin*

You want to make sure the set-user-ID-on-execution is set.
You can set this yourself with "chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/
XDarwin.app/Contents/MacOS/Xdarwin" as root.

Also as Gregory said, use startx to start, not Xdarwin. Are
you sure you properly installed the full XFree86 4.0.2 or
4.0.3 distribution from the XFree86 Project before you
installed XAqua0.4?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I had the same error due to the fact that I installed 4.0.3
initially. Make sure you get the complete 4.0.2 Darwin
release and install as root. Then install the XAqua stuff.
The 4.0.3 release did not contain any of the fonts (and
many other things.) I'm not sure if this was just at the
site I downloaded from or at all sites.