Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: XDarwin keeps crashing
I'm running on a twin processor G4 system. I've downloaded what I believe is the latest version of X11 for this machine and installed it.
Every time I try to start X, or OpenOffice I get the screen that says do i want to run rootless or full screen. I've tried both.
X appears to start. If I'm running OpenOffice I get the splash screen and it just about fills the bar on that screen. Then X disappears, taking OpenOffice with it, of course.javascript:emoticon('')
Anyone suggest what is causing this? Or where I can find a log that will tell me why it keeps crashing?
XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 29 February 2004
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 Apple Computer, Inc.
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
Loading GLX bundle glxMesa.bundle (using Mesa)
Display mode: Full screen Quartz -- Direct Display
Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)
Warning: no access to tty (Inappropriate ioctl for device).
Thus no job control in this shell.
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
waiting for X server to shut down
Quitting XDarwin...
My suspicions are drawn to the "no access to tty" line - but I'm not sure how to fix this. Anyone advise me, please?
Anyone suggest what is causing this? Or where I can find a log that will tell me why it keeps crashing?
Use the Console application to open any logs with the words "XDarwin", "soffice.bin", or in some cases, "???", in their name, in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter and/or ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter (where ~ is your home folder).
Then paste here the LAST crash reported in those files.
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:57 am Post subject: XDarwin keeps crashing
Hello, Terry,
Thanks for your help on this.
The only one of the logs you listed that I could find was ???.
The last entry on that log dated from 24/8/04, before I even downloaded OpenOffice. And, yes, I tried starting it up again today and there were no new crash logs.
Here's the last log in the ??? log file, for what it's worth:
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: XDarwin keeps crashing
owenkc wrote:
The only one of the logs you listed that I could find was ???.
As is often the case, not enough information has been provided for us to go on. What X11 Window Manager are you using? What version of OpenOffice.org did you install? etc.
If I had to guess, I would think you are using the "window-maker" Window Manager, and it is "window-maker" which is crashing. There was a bug in an early OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 installer, where it didn't install the "dlcompat" library on Mac OS X 10.2.x, and "window-maker" requires "dlcompat".
Look for logs containing the name "wmaker" and also "PWD=" (this has been known to occur, like "???"). If you don't find any, how about listing the names of CrashReporter logs you do find.
owenkc wrote:
Warning: no access to tty (Inappropriate ioctl for device).
Thus no job control in this shell.
This is normal for a working XDarwin, so ignore that.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:38 am Post subject: Re: XDarwin keeps crashing
My apologies for not supplying enough information in the first place.
I downloaded and installed the port of OpenOffice 1.1.2 dated 27th June 2004. That was the only OS X port of 1.1.2 that I could find.
I've moved to XDarwin 4.4. which I downloaded in the hope that it would solve the problem. It didn't. Currently I'm using whatever window manager that defaults to. As far as I can tell from the default version of xinitrc (don't have one in my home directory yet) that is twm.
As far as logs go - well here's whats in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter:
xterm.crash.log
NortonAutoProtect.crash.log
Virtual PC 6.crash.log
AppleFileServer.crash.log
???.crash.log
NortonMissedTasks.crash.log
SmallScanner.crash.log
The Virtual PC 6 crash log is dated 3rd Sept. The next newest is the ??? log dated 24th August.
As for ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter that only has:
Microsoft Excel.crash.log
Microsoft Word.crash.log
Would it be best to download another window manager (using Fink) and try with that?
By the way - I just ran the Install_OpenOffice.org1.1.2 application. Should I have run some of the third party software as well?
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: Re: XDarwin keeps crashing
owenkc wrote:
I downloaded and installed the port of OpenOffice 1.1.2 dated 27th June 2004. That was the only OS X port of 1.1.2 that I could find.
That sounds like the officially released version.
owenkc wrote:
I've moved to XDarwin 4.4. which I downloaded in the hope that it would solve the problem. It didn't. Currently I'm using whatever window manager that defaults to. As far as I can tell from the default version of xinitrc (don't have one in my home directory yet) that is twm.
I have XDarwin 4.4 for Jaguar, but I don't know if I have installed it on Jaguar yet (I have tested it extensively with Panther). Yes, "twm" is probably the default X11 Window Manager - I think I was able to launch OpenOffice.org using "twm" on occasion, but it is fairly ugly, so I switched to "window-maker" when I could.
owenkc wrote:
As far as logs go - well here's whats in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter:
xterm.crash.log
NortonAutoProtect.crash.log
Virtual PC 6.crash.log
AppleFileServer.crash.log
???.crash.log
NortonMissedTasks.crash.log
SmallScanner.crash.log
Of course I have my own personal suspicions about NortonAutoProtect/NortonMissedTasks - could you temporarily turn this stuff off (if you still have it installed and turned on), and see if that makes a difference.
Please paste the LAST entry of the "xterm.crash.log" here.
owenkc wrote:
Date/Time: 2004-08-24 14:24:09 +0100
Just need to check something - is English your primary language? Is the Mac OS X preferred language US English, British English or something else? I have seen several crash reports for strange problems, and the one common thing seems to be a timezone in Western Europe.
Did you ever previously have a beta version of Apple's X11.app installed?
If you manually launch XDarwin, does it launch without crashing?
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:13 am Post subject: Re: XDarwin keeps crashing
Terry asked:
Quote:
- I think I was able to launch using "twm" on occasion, but it is fairly ugly, so I switched to "window-maker" when I could.
I've tried it with 'mwm' but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
Terry asked:
Quote:
Of course I have my own personal suspicions about NortonAutoProtect/NortonMissedTasks - could you temporarily turn this stuff off (if you still have it installed and turned on), and see if that makes a difference.
I turned NortonAutoProtect off and it made no difference whatsoever.
Terry asked:
Quote:
Please paste the LAST entry of the "xterm.crash.log" here.
Well, I don't really think this relates to the problem at all (look at the date) but here it is:
Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x8fe01280 in halt
#1 0x8fe149b0 in set_lock
#2 0x8fe16968 in _dyld_mod_term_funcs
#3 0x90005718 in exit
#4 0x0002b498 in resize
#5 0x0002b698 in reapchild
#6 0x9000f96c in _sigtramp
Is the Mac OS X preferred language US English, British English or something else? I have seen several crash reports for strange problems, and the one common thing seems to be a timezone in Western Europe.
I'm English, and the OS X preferred language is British English.
Terry asked:
Quote:
Did you ever previously have a beta version of Apple's X11.app installed?
Nope.
Terry asked:
Quote:
If you manually launch XDarwin, does it launch without crashing?
No, it behaves just the same, which is why the subject says "XDarwin keeps crashing". I don't believe the problem is with OpenOffice at all - it's an XDarwin problem. I had an older version of OpenOffice running on either 10.2.3 or 10.2.6 but then had a hard disc problem and am only just getting back to setting it up.
By the way - how do I quote what I'm replying to in this forum without getting the word "quote" in front of it?
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum