I've been using a couple of X11 apps, one being OpenOffice 2, but whenever X11 launches, it runs and shows in the Dock for about 10 seconds, then disappears, and then so does the X11 app.
This mystifies me, as as little as one month ago it worked fine. Only difference between then and now is that I moved up to OS 10.4.6. Is it possible for this update to have "broken" X11? If so, is there a fix or workaround I can use?
George,
Your results are interesting and pretty much confirm my suspicions. When I issue that command, I get:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 348476 May 17 18:12 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.3.dylib
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Dec 26 12:05 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib -> libfreetype.6.3.dylib
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 885072 May 14 2005 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.a
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Dec 26 12:05 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.dylib -> libfreetype.6.3.dylib
I think the important difference between what you have and what I have are exhibited by the the following two lines of output - the first one being yours and the second being mine:
In your case, the logical link, libfreetype.6.dylib, is pointing to the libfreetype.6.2.dylib dynamic library whereas it should be pointing to version 6.3 of that library. This is exactly what your error message was saying. We can see that your logical link was evidently established on May 22, which is the day that you posted and probably the day that you upgraded your system. Why your logical link points to version 6.2 rather than to version 6.3 is a mystery to me. Anyway, this can be rectified. To set the logical link properly, you need to be back in the Terminal program. Then, copy and paste the following two commands into the Terminal window (followed by a return). I recommend copying and pasting because everything has to be entered correctly for this to work.
