Inkscape won't start - asks for X11 + libXinerama missing

[Bug Importer]

installed X11 tools that came with Tiger. Inkscape still asking for X11
tools for Panther on startup. Unable to run program

[Bug Importer (bug-importer)]

I installed x11 when I got tiger. I've updated to 10.4.10 and it's still
fine.

[Naguiar (naguiar)]

Originator: NO

Same for me. Mac OSX 10.4.10 on a G4 iMac. Double-click to run Inkscape.
It starts X11, but Inkscape starts and stops afterwards.
Inkscape does NOT open. Unable to run program. It runs on my G5 iMac
though.

[JiHO (jiho)]

Originator: NO

Hi,

Could you:
- quit X11 and Inkscape
- open Console.app (in Utilities), look for console.log in it and display
it (logs button in the toolbar)
- clear the log (brush button in the toolbar)
- Open Inkscape and look for messages in console.log
- copy paste the messages in here.

Thanks in advance.
JiHO

[Thebugfinder (thebugfinder)]

Originator: NO

I encountered what I think is the same problem Naguiar has (open Inkscape;
X11 opens, Inkscape closes, right?) on my friend's MacBook. I'll try the
Console solution and tell you the results.

[Naguiar (naguiar)]

Originator: NO

My results are:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
[DRI] screen 0 installation complete
Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)
bash: no job control in this shell
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape: line 64:
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape-bin: cannot
execute binary file
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape: line 64:
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape-bin: Unknown
error: 0

[Nixnixnix (nixnixnix)]

Originator: NO

On OS 10.4.10, When I run it, the System.log says it is missing
libXinerama.dynlib.

I go to http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.5.0/binaries/Darwin-ppc-5.x,
download Xbin.tgz, unpack it and place libXinerama.1.0.dylib
/usr/X11R6/lib/, create symlinks libXinerama.1.0.dylib to libXinerama.dylib
and libXinerama.1.dylib, then I run inkscape and I have a symbol missing in
the .so:

Link (dyld) error:

Symbol not found: _FT_Get_BDF_Property
  Referenced from:
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
  Expected in: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib

So I guess my X11 is out of sync with what inkscape is compiled with, ug.
What do I do now?

[JiHO (jiho)]

Originator: NO

Ok there are two problems here, both of them being reported very often
these days. I'll try and do what I can. I know where the libXinerama issue
comes from but it's still strange. About Inkscape which keeps asking for
X11 while X11 is there, this is a more serious issue.
More info later today or this week end. Uping the priority here.

[Thebugfinder (thebugfinder)]

Originator: NO

On my friend's MacBook, I (1) start Inkscape (2) Inkscape opens (3)
followed by X11. Then, (4) Inkscape quits. Next (5), X11 may stay open,
quit, or quit with a "X11 quit unepectedly" error message. This is when it
quit without a messge:

XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
[DRI] screen 0 installation complete
Screen 0 added: 1280x800 @ (0,0)
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
from list!
bash: no job control in this shell
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
  Referenced from:
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape-bin
  Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
Jun 28 08:39:39 USERNAME-OMITTEDs-computer crashdump[279]: inkscape-bin
crashed
Jun 28 08:39:39 USERNAME-OMITTEDs-computer crashdump[279]: crash report
written to:
/Users/USERNAME-OMITTED/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/inkscape-bin.crash.log

The username is my friend's first and last name, which I have censured. I
tried to leave everything around it intact. Anyway, I went through the path
specified in the last line and found no matching log file. (It might be
invisible or something; I don't think so.) None of the logs mentioned
Inkscape, but tone had X11 (which i intalled only for Inkscape, and
recently, too). Here is Exited process.crash.log :

**********

Host Name: USERNAME-OMITTEDs-computer
Date/Time: 2007-06-25 09:20:28.757 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8N1430)
Report Version: 4

Command: Exited process
Path: Exited process
Parent: kernel_task [0]

Version: 1.1 (???)
Build Version: 58
Project Name: X11
Source Version: 4000

PID: 199
Thread: Unknown

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xdd81f870
(null)
Unknown thread crashed with unknown flavor: 1
  state_count: 16

Binary Images Description:

The were nothing following the colon. I hope this helps.

[JiHO (jiho)]

Originator: NO

After careful review of all possible setups, it appears that a correct
configuration of the machine Inkscape is run on shold solve the problem.
The recommendations are:
- to update to the latest version of Inkscape:
      0.45.1 is to be found here
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=99112
      or a development version after 2007-03-21 there
http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/?C=M;O=D
- to use the latest version of X11
      found on Tiger DVD 1 for Tiger users: scroll down the DVD window,
double clic "Optional Installs", go through the license agreement and
destination selection. On the "Custom install" page select Applications>X11
and deselect everything else, hit Install. You're done.
      found on Apple website for Panther users:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11formacosx.html
With this setup, the issue should really be solved. Please report back
here if everthing runs smoothly (or not). Cheers,

JiHO

[JiHO (jiho)]

Originator: NO

Further info on the second to last comment: the message
"/usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture" makes
me think that you installed X11 PPC on a MacBook. You need X11 for intel,
on OS X install disc. see previous comment for detailed explanations.

[Nixnixnix (nixnixnix)]

Originator: NO

But I have the latest xfree86 installed from my installation CD and it
still doesn't work. I'm going to have to give up on the .dmg and compile
the source. I got an old version working this way, I guess I'll have to do
it again. Thanks anyway. What a bummer.

[JiHO (jiho)]

Originator: NO

to nixnixnix: if you have X11 installed from your Tiger DVD you should
have libXinerama. Could you check the output of:
ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXine*
What is strange is that you tried to install it from the XFree
distribution, meaning that you did not have it in the first place. However,
every person I asked had it if they installed X11. Maybe you can try
reinstalling X11 from Apple. I have added a FAQ about this recently:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#I.27ve_installed_X11_on_OS_X_but_Inkscape_keeps_asking_for_it
Compiling from source may help you on this problem (basically if Inkscape
is not compiled against libXinerama it won't ask for it afterwards) but
there must be a simpler way to solve the problem.

[Thebugfinder (thebugfinder)]

Originator: NO

JiHO: But I *am* using the latest versions of both Inkscape and X11, but
I'm still having trouble getting it to work.

[Bug Importer (bug-importer)]

Same problems as Naguiar when installing inkscape on my Macbook Pro with
10.4.10 - similar symptons as others. Sometimes inkscape just quits and
other times it asks me to install X11.

Console reports the following:

XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
[DRI] screen 0 installation complete
Screen 0 added: 1280x800 @ (0,0)
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
from list!
bash: no job control in this shell
Quitting XDarwin...
twm: unable to open display ":0"
Error: Can't open display: :0

[Rygle (rygle)]

Is this still an issue with the 0.46 builds? And with the 10.4.11 update? Please comment, otherwise this will be assumed to be resolved in the near future.

[moontan (axel-kirch)]

i just got a brandnew macbook with leopard, i installed inkscape using the latest leopard dmg but i cannot get it to run properly. all it does is display a message saying that inkscape may take several minutes to start when run for the first time, then sometimes i see an X11 window and sometimes i don't. after that nothing happens. if you come up with any solutions please be patient with me as i'm a noob. (i ran inkscape on a winxp machine until now)

[moontan (axel-kirch)]

i am sorry, i just noticed my problem has been discussed in another thread: https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/28776

[Rygle (rygle)]

This bug was reported against 0.45 and seems to have been fixed under 0.46.