[X2Go-Dev] Bug#1093: x2goclient on OS X not finding MacPorts xmodmap executable in /opt/local/bin then crashes

[Mihai Moldovan]

Control: reassign -1 x2goclient 4.0.5.2

On 27.09.2016 07:19 PM, Arthur J wrote:
> Package: x2goclient
> Version: X2Go Client v. 4.0.5.2 (Qt - 4.8.7)
> Operating System: OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6
> Tags: macos osx x2goclient xmodmap path
> 
> I have installed the latest x2goclient package on OS X El Capitan using
> MacPorts.  I have also installed the MacPorts xorg-server and xmodmap packages.
> 
> In my user account .profile script, MacPorts has added the following line to set
> the PATH variable:
> export PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH"
> 
> I have confirmed that xmodmap exists in one of these directories, in: /opt/local/bin
> 
> When attempting to connect to any X2Go session, an error dialog appears with the
> following message before the application crashes:
> 
> xmodmap failed to start.
> 
> This likely means the binary is not available.  The current search path is:
> /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin

Hmm... AFAIK I'm adding /opt/local/bin to the search path in 4.0.5.2. Are you
absolutely sure you're on 4.0.5.2 and not 4.0.5.1? For 4.0.5.1, I released a
hotfix release tagged 4.0.5.1-1-osx, that fixes this issue explicitly.


> It appears that /opt/local/bin is not being searched for xmodmap, despite its
> presence in the PATH variable of my user account .profile script.  I even
> attempted to reboot before starting x2goclient in case the PATH variable needed
> to be re-read, but the error did not change.

That is normal, OS X resets the PATH to a clean value (see above, though without
/opt/X11/bin) for programs launched via the graphical interface or the "open"
utility.



Mihai

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