After update to 10.4.11 X11 problems

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After update to 10.4.11 X11 problems

On my iMac G5 I "faithfully" accepted the latest security update. X11 wont start xterm. The crash report looks like this:

Host Name: xxxxxxx
Date/Time: 2009-05-29 09:36:39.595 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: xterm
Path: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Parent: quartz-wm [303]

Version: ??? (???)

PID: 304
Thread: Unknown

Link (dyld) error:

Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libexpat.0.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
Reason: image not found
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Other x11 applications like xlogo wont start and so on. The only application I could start was xman. Obviously there is a library incompatibility. Any clues ?

Gerfried

iMac 1.8GHz G5 / MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Intel Core 2, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 29, 2009 7:41 AM

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Answer 1

May 29, 2009 8:04 AM in response to Gerfried Kumbartzki

Here is a work around I found but had no time to test in detail.
The log says libexpat.0.dylib is not found.
There is now a /usr/X11R6/lib/libexpat.1.0.dylib.
I made a link of this library back to the missing one
ln -s libexpat.1.0.dylib libexpat.0.dylib

With this in place xterm started and so xemacs!

Gerfried

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Answer 2

jeremyhu

Level 1

4 points

Jun 4, 2009 11:07 AM in response to Gerfried Kumbartzki

Where are you getting libexpat.1.0.dylib from? The version shipped with Tiger is libexpat.0.4.dylib ... did you install XDarwin or some other version of X11 over Apple's X11?

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Answer 3

Jun 16, 2009 1:52 AM in response to Gerfried Kumbartzki

AWESOME! This fixed it for my PowerBook G4 (10.4.11)--circa 2004. I just had to link the file to the fictitious file name it is looking for-

It has been a difficult few weeks since that update. I don't like Terminal as much as X11.

I hope Apple gurus at Apple pay attention to this thread and keep this in mind for future upgrades. PowerPC laptops need love too!

Thanks guys~

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