
I am running OSX 10.4.10 on an iMac with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 66h MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I have installed X11 1.1.1 XFree86 4.4.0. I have downloaded the current production release of Chimera for Mac X11. The application doesn't open, either on a double click from the desk top or from the dock. I have also tried the Snapshot release dated 2-11-8, with the same result. The application will not open. I have also tried the Mac OSX (Aqua) version of 6-21-7. This version does open, and it works well, in limited doses. However, it is very unstable and closes spontaneously after a few minutes of work. Any ideas what may be incompatible between the X11 versions and my Mac? Thanks, Greg Williams

Hi Greg, You should install the X11 that came with your 10.4 installation CDs (should be in the "Optional Installs" package). That version should be 1.1.3 rather than 1.1.1. --Eric Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu On Feb 19, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Greg Williams wrote:
I am running OSX 10.4.10 on an iMac with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 66h MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I have installed X11 1.1.1 XFree86 4.4.0.
I have downloaded the current production release of Chimera for Mac X11. The application doesn't open, either on a double click from the desk top or from the dock. I have also tried the Snapshot release dated 2-11-8, with the same result. The application will not open. I have also tried the Mac OSX (Aqua) version of 6-21-7. This version does open, and it works well, in limited doses. However, it is very unstable and closes spontaneously after a few minutes of work. Any ideas what may be incompatible between the X11 versions and my Mac?
Thanks,
Greg Williams _______________________________________________ Chimera-users mailing list Chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users

Hi Greg, Perhaps this is an X server problem. Are you using Apple's version of the X server? Does your X server start and show an "xterm" window ok? When you click an icon to start Chimera the error reporting on the Mac goes to the Console. To see this output launch /Applications/Utilities/Console. The error in the console window should help debug the Chimera start-up problem. On my Intel Mac (MacBook Pro) I run Mac OS 10.4.11 and X11 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0 and Chimera starts fine. Tom
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