Inkscape won't run on mac 10.7.5

I have downloaded and properly installed inkscape on my mac. I already have the X11 installed on my computer because it's 10.7.5 and I'm told these models come with X11 already installed. I have already successfully installed and used GIMP in the past, so I know X11 is on my computer and in working order.

The problem is that when I click on inkscape, the icon pops up and nothing happens. Then I click on the icon in the dock and X11 opens. But then nothing continues to happen. No windows or anything. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and logging out and rebooting, to no avail. I know that the first time inkscape runs it's supposed to take awhile to load fonts and whatnot, but this is taking far too long.

I'm not much of a computer whiz, so I haven't been able to decipher any of the coding or programs running behind the UI curtain.

Any help will be much much appreciated.

Also, if someone could recommend an alternative vector graphics system that works well with mac and is easier to install, that would be great too!

MacBook Pro, iOS 7.0.5

Posted on Mar 9, 2014 7:26 AM

Mar 9, 2014 1:17 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

X does work on its own as far as I can tell. i.e. windows pop up when I click on xman or xlogo.

This is what shows up on the control panel when I open inkscape:

Marker - Mar 9, 2014 4:08:25 PM

Mar 9 16:08:30 localhost [0x0-0x64064].org.inkscape.Inkscape[22119]: Setting Language: .UTF-8

Mar 9 16:08:30 localhost [0x0-0x64064].org.inkscape.Inkscape[22119]: (process:22121): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.

Mar 9 16:08:30 localhost [0x0-0x64064].org.inkscape.Inkscape[22119]: Using the fallback 'C' locale.

Mar 9 16:08:34 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[22169]): posix_spawn("/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx", ...): No such file or directory

Mar 9 16:08:34 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[22169]): Exited with code: 1

Mar 9 16:08:34 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

Mar 9 16:08:45 localhost Inkscape[22119]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid connection

Mar 9 16:08:45 localhost Inkscape[22119]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

Mar 9 16:10:14 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[22181]): posix_spawn("/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx", ...): No such file or directory

Mar 9 16:10:14 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[22181]): Exited with code: 1

Mar 9 16:10:14 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

If I click on inkscap a second time, X11 opens up the following appears on control panel:

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: DISPLAY ("/tmp/launch-tAoTeK/org.macosforge.xquartz:0") does not match our id ("org.x"), unsetting.

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: main(): argc=2

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[1] = -psn_0_413797

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: Could not connect to server (DISPLAY is not set). Starting X server.

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: Launching /usr/X11/bin/startx:

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[0] = /bin/sh

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[1] = -c

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[2] = /usr/X11/bin/startx

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: font_cache: Updating FC cache

Mar 9 16:10:25 localhost org.x.privileged_startx[22196]: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost defaults[22226]:

The domain/default pair of (/Users/admin/Library/Preferences/org.x.X11.plist, dpi) does not exist

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: xauth: file /Users/admin/.serverauth.22189 does not exist

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: launch_msg("CheckIn") IPC failure: Operation not permitted

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: No launchd socket handed off, unsetting DISPLAY

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: do_start_x11_server(): argc=6

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[0] = /usr/X11/bin/X

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[1] = :1

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[2] = -nolisten

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[3] = tcp

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[4] = -auth

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: argv[5] = /Users/admin/.serverauth.22189

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: Xquartz starting:

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X.Org X Server 1.10.6

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: Build Date: 20130114

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost org.x.privileged_startx[22196]: font_cache: Updating FC cache

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: X11.app: DarwinProcessFDAdditionQueue_thread: Sleeping to allow xinitrc to catchup.

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-1.xkm

Mar 9 16:10:26 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap instead.

Mar 9 16:10:27 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: font_cache: Done

Mar 9 16:10:28 localhost [0x0-0x65065].org.x.X11[22183]: /usr/X11/bin/xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1

Mar 9 16:10:28 localhost org.x.privileged_startx[22196]: font_cache: Done

Mar 9 16:10:40 localhost Inkscape[22119]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid connection

Mar 9 16:11:54 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[22357]): posix_spawn("/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx", ...): No such file or directory

Mar 9 16:11:54 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[22357]): Exited with code: 1

Mar 9 16:11:54 localhost com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

Again, I'm not very knowledgable about computers and programming at all, so thanks very much for your reply! Also, I do have X11 but I'm not using Xquartz which I assume is the latest version. The first time I tried installing inkscape, I also downloaded and installed xquartz but I uninstalled both of them when nothing was happening.