2004-12-28 14:17:18.098 XDarwin[11619] Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting

[John Davidorff Pell]

This is because on Mac OS X XDarwin is an application, not a windowing 
system (until after it starts up). You need to double-click the 
application bundle at /Applications/XDarwin.app. StartX has never 
worked correctly, and likely never will. There are some hacks in place 
to put the XDarwin binary in /usr/X11R6/bin, named XDarwinStartup (go 
figure), which I think is supposed to be used by startx. StartX is not 
really meant to be used on Mac OS X.

Of course, if you are trying to run this from the console then you're 
pretty much stuck with startx and/or xinit, which still don't work 
well. When XDarwin discovers that it is running not-under-aqua, then it 
runs some other code, from the same binary (which I don't think is 
wise, because changes to one method of presentation can damage the 
other, and only one gets adequate testing).

More specifically, I believe the problem you are having is that startx 
is trying to run "XDarwin" instead of "XDarwinStartup", which is the 
real window server. A better solution: "open -a XDarwin"

Hope this helps,
JP

P.S. What are the "OS specific thingers" that you did?


On 28 Dec 2004, at 11:34, Cyan Fox wrote:



> 2004-12-28 14:17:18.098 XDarwin[11619] Unable to load nib file:
> MainMenu, exiting
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 61): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> ###
> ###
> ###
> This is my error, I tried to follow the instructions, i make World,
> etc, make install, make install.man, followed my OS specific thingers
> (i think), and when I try to exec startx ... it dies...
>
> I am running on a Flat Panel iMac, mac os x Hardware Overview:
>
>  Machine Model: iMac
>  CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
>  Number Of CPUs: 1
>  CPU Speed: 800 MHz
>  L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
>  Memory: 1 GB
>  Bus Speed: 100 MHz
>  Boot ROM Version: 4.3.4f2
>  Serial Number: QT21112FMDL
> System Software Overview:
>
>  System Version: Mac OS X 10.3.7 (7S215)
>  Kernel Version: Darwin 7.7.0
>  Boot Volume: w00t
>  Computer Name: ð 's Computer
>  User Name: ð (iMac)
>
> 2004-12-28 14:13:01.118 XDarwin[24908] Unable to load nib file:
> MainMenu, exiting
> this one was the one from before...
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