Comment 9 for bug 498710

Thank you for reporting back how this issue was resolved! I will mark this report as 'Invalid' since it does not appear to be a bug in Inkscape. Please add a comment and revert the bug status to 'New' if the issue re-occurs and you think the launcher script of Inkscape could be improved.

> MBP:~ gaffa$ echo $DISPLAY
> /tmp/launch-rIqmTF/:0

way better - that's what I'd expect $DISPLAY to look like with Apple's X11. Could it be that you didn't reboot yet after installing X11 for the first time on your system? In hindsight it seems plausible that the launch control services were not fully initialized before the reboot - resulting in those inconsistent $DISPLAY settings you experienced.

Please keep in mind that there are still some known issues with Inkscape 0.47-1 on Snow Leopard:
- copy&paste for vector objects needs a workaround as described in the FAQ (changing the pasteboard preferences of X11):
  <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Copying_and_pasting_in_Inkscape_creates_pixellated_images_instead_of_copying_the_vector_objects>
- using the opt/alt key for Inkscape keyboard shortcuts needs a custom X11 key mapping:
  <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#How_to_make_the_Alt_key_work_.3F>
- extensions that depend on the python modules lxml and numpy don't work out-of-the-box. The osx packagers are working on this issue and it will be hopefully resolved with a second 0.47 package for Snow Leopard
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/482993>