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Reinstall xquartz sierra7/22/2023 ![]() Which solves the issue of querying background color for every label drawn with XFT fonts. On normal X Servers, if running locally, it will not be a huge gain, but on XQuartz, it will make a big difference.įinally, if you use Motif with XFT, you can download the latest Motif version from SourceforgeĪnd apply the fix described in this bug report: This will help the performance in any Xt based toolkit. And worked fine on older versions of MacOS.įirst, in your own software, try to minimize the use of Xlib calls, which cause round trips: XSync, XInternAtom, XGetWindowAttributes, XQuery* (XQuer圜olor, XQueryBestCursor, XQueryBestSize. Since we can't fix the MacOS, we need "fix" our software and avoid the slow functions, which work just fine on other systems. These would normally also slow down the response of X clients if you use SSH network access, but in this case, it also happens for programs, which run locally. All the Xlib calls which require round trip have become very slow after El Capitan. The underlying problem is in XQuartz and how it interacts with Mac graphical subsystem. If your IDL Widgets use Motif and XFT (antialiased fonts), then I have a solution, which can help speeding it up. ![]() But it breaks all of the color setups in my program.Īll suggestions and questions are appreciated! The only way that can speed up the response now is to force set the output to 256 colors. I tried to debug on myself, so I found the following link shares similar issue with me. I tried to downgrading my xQuartz to 2.7.9, the problem was not resolved. I tried to both run the program with SSH and locally, the response rates seem very similar. ![]() I don't think the problem is related to SSH. Unfortunately, I can't remember which version of the xQuartz I used. With proper internet connection, it also worked fine. ![]() I used to have the same program SSH'd to OS X Mavericks before upgrading. I have the same program running on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.6. If you want to uninstall Arahne demo, delete the directories ad, ap, aw, common, data from your home directory.I am not sure if this happens to every IDL users, but after upgrading to macOS Sierra and xQuartz 2.7.11, the response rate of my IDL widgets becomes unacceptably slow. You are now ready to run ArahWeave, ArahPaint4 or ArahDrape.Īll CAD data is located in user’s home directory in data.Īll program files are located in user’s home directory in common, ad, ap, aw. Click Open.Ĭhoose Windows > Click-through Inactive Windows and close the X11 > Preferences window. XQuartz application will start in order to run ArahWeave. Wait for icons to be created on desktop icons for ArahWeave, ArahDrape and ArahPaint4 will appear.Ĭlick with right mouse button on ArahWeave and choose Open from the menu. If the password is entered incorrectly, you will see the message “Sorry, try again” and be given another chance to enter the password correctly.) Type the following commands (press the Enter key after every line):Įnter your user password after the “Password:” prompt has appeared (please note: when you type the password, it will not show any asterisks to indicate that you’ve typed anything) and press Enter. Since then it keeps crashing and reopening constantly, the only way to stop it is to log out or restart the macbook. dmg file on I installed it and opened the app. If installation was successful you should get a message like this.ĭownload the two files from Arahne’s web page.įrom the Applications folder open Utilities folder…Ĭhoose Close the window from the When the shell exits dropdown menu and close the Settings window. Level 1 15 points XQuartz keeps crashing and reopening Hi folks, I need to install WQuartz in order to use Inkscape. You will need to Agree to the terms of the software license agreement.Įnter administrator username and password. Follow the instructions and click Continue for a few times Go to the Downloads folder and double click on. Go to XQuartz web page and download XQuartz2.8.4.
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