[badsey]

This post gave me an idea why I couldn't get OpenOffice to run.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...&query=x11

His idea didn't work for me since OSX won't install the older X11 update, but the information is very good. Use Pacifist to find the X11 program folder on the Mac OSX10.4.4 Install disk and install X11. Make sure X11 is placed in Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities. Now when you select OpenOffice it should run.

http://www.openoffice.org/

[Cadaver]

I think there a special x86 build of OO. Are you using that?

[badsey]

either one needs X11 to run and I got OpenOffice Mac x86 to load now. The problem is that X11 is not installed on these new systems, so I couldn't get either to work (boot automatically) without X11.

Once X11 was visible in the Applications/Utilities Folder everything worked fine.

I'm a new Mac user and don't know how to use X11 manually to load OpenOffice.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...&query=x11

The OS X 10.4.3 update brought a welcome bug fix for users of Apple's X11. Prior to that version, X11 windows would not raise when the program was selected in the Dock or with Command-Tab. This hint talked about some workarounds, none of which were very satisfying, so finally getting a patch came as some relief.

All was well until I installed X11 on my new iMac G5, which shipped with 10.4.3. I was dismayed to find that the old behavior had returned: X11 windows did not raise when the X11 app was activated. And, a later update to 10.4.4 later did not solve the problem. Was this a reintroduction of the old bug, or a new bug?

It turns out that Apple fixed the problem with the 10.4.3 updater, but forgot to fix it in the X11User.pkg they send out with Tiger installation disks. Since X11 is not installed by default, installing the non-updated version later leaves you with this minor but oh-so-frustrating bug. Since you cannot run the 10.4.3 updater on systems already at or beyond that OS version, you are seemingly stuck (kind of a fragile upgrade system if you ask me).

Enter Pacifist, a shareware app for digging into installation packages. Simply download the 10.4.3 update from Apple, open the package in Pacifist, and navigate to /usr/X11R6/bin/. Click on Xquartz, and hit the Install button. Re-start X11, and bask in the normal window-raising behavior.

I used Pacifist with my Mac OSX 10.4.4 disks that came with my Intel iMac and used that version of X11. The 10.4.3 updater version of X11 would not install for me.