Re: xvfb-run oddity

Daniel,
      I have also reproduced this failure to start Xquartz via
xvfb-run on 10.8 after
a fresh reboot against Xquartz 2.7.8 beta1. So i don't believe the OS
release has
anything to do with the bug.
               Jack

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Jack Howarth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Daniel,
>      After a fresh reboot, executing "Xvfb :10" without Xquartz having
> been previously started produces..
>
> _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created.
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.X11-unix) failed, errno = 2
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local
> Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
> Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
> Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
> Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
> Initializing built-in extension XTEST
> Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
> Initializing built-in extension SYNC
> Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
> Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
> Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
> Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
> Initializing built-in extension RENDER
> Initializing built-in extension RANDR
> Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
> Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
> Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
> Initializing built-in extension RECORD
> Initializing built-in extension DPMS
> Initializing built-in extension Present
> Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
> Initializing built-in extension XVideo
> Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
>
>        Jack
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Daniel Macks <[email protected]> wrote:
>>      On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:57:54 -0800, Alexander Hansen
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 11/17/14, 4:33 PM, Jack Howarth wrote:
>>> >
>>   > >       Is it expected that invoking xvfb-run is insufficient to trigger
>>> > the launching of Xquartz (even after the application has been run once
>>> > in an account)? I was very surprised by this behavior as every other X
>>> > windows program that I have run manages to trigger the launch of
>>> > Xquartz. In the case of xvfb-run, if Xquartz isn't already running, one
>>> > gets the error…
>>> >
>>> > Xvfb failed to start
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure this used to work as intended.
>>>
>>> I tried starting Xquartz by running xterm, then quit it, and xvfb-run
>>> has been working after that.  This was on Xquartz-2.7.7 on Yosemite.
>>>
>>> I haven't rebooted yet.
>>
>>   The expectation is that xvfb-run is sufficient to do whatever it has
>> to do to get itself working. If that means triggering the launch of
>> Xquartz, then it needs to do that, and I'm also surprised that running
>> Xvfb would not trigger it. The xvfb-run script is just a wrapper around
>> Xvfb itself that handles xauth, avoids race conditions when picking
>> various arbitrary/dummy screen parameters, and graceful shutdown.
>> Probably the simplest (or at least first) test would be to see if just
>> "Xvfb :10" from the commandline fails. I don't have a 10.10 box to test.
>>
>>   dan
>>
>>    --
>> Daniel Macks
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
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