Thanks everyone for the help! Alejandro's instructions did the trick - everything works perfectly fine now! (It didn't even require a reboot).
THANKS!!!! Kati > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Dia stopped working on Mac OSX 10.11.3 (El Capitan): when > trying to launch, xterm launches. (Michael Ross) > 2. Re: Dia stopped working on Mac OSX 10.11.3 (El Capitan): when > trying to launch, xterm launches. (Alejandro Imass) > 3. Re: Dia stopped working on Mac OSX 10.11.3 (El Capitan): when > trying to launch, xterm launches. (Alejandro Imass) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:25:04 -0500 > From: Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> > To: discussions about usage and development of dia > <dia-list@gnome.org> > Subject: Re: Dia stopped working on Mac OSX 10.11.3 (El Capitan): when > trying to launch, xterm launches. > Message-ID: > <CANNQeoKeLuU8aK5dVGU8vZDs_pfUWU8YSQgfSksS= > yd-iyx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I don't really know, and I use Windows, but I have had unknown corruption > of the install where uninstalling and reinstalling has solved problems. You > may want to download a fresh distribution and delete what you currently > have. > > Best of luck, > > Mike > On Mar 3, 2016 11:36 PM, "Katrin Schweitzer" < > katrin.schweit...@ims.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > I just recently started using Dia on Mac OSX 10.11.3 and it seemed to > > work fine. > > > > However, suddenly it won't start any more. > > > > The problem started, when I minimized Dia and couldn't get the windows > > back. I force-quit it and trie to restart. Then, I received an error > > message that seems to be typical with many Mac applications "The > > application Dia.app is not open anymore" and that supposedly is fixed by > a > > reboot. After rebooting, Dia won't start either. > > > > When I try to open the application now, xterm launches. Nothing else > > happens. > > > > Can anyone kindly point me to what to do (or where to research further)? > > > > I am creating a talk with a bit of time pressure and would reeeeally like > > to be able to access my Dia graphs... :-) > > > > Thank you for your help! > > Kati > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dia-list mailing list > > dia-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/attachments/20160304/4faaad97/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:51:41 -0500 > From: Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> > To: discussions about usage and development of dia > <dia-list@gnome.org> > Subject: Re: Dia stopped working on Mac OSX 10.11.3 (El Capitan): when > trying to launch, xterm launches. > Message-ID: > <CAHieY7R6woy3ydbq6NP3uFnDTAOCQL2aKCA5tMFEBk9AbpQd= > a...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Katrin Schweitzer < > katrin.schweit...@ims.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > I just recently started using Dia on Mac OSX 10.11.3 and it seemed to > > work fine. > > > > However, suddenly it won't start any more. > > > > The problem started, when I minimized Dia and couldn't get the windows > > back. > > > > You get the window back through the XQuartz menu, not through OS X icons. > In other words, all X11 apps run inside the XQuartz container so to speak, > so even though the OS as such sees the process, then native OS X Windowing > system only knows about XQuartz. > > > > I force-quit it and trie to restart. Then, I received an error message > > that seems to be typical with many Mac applications "The application > > Dia.app is not open anymore" and that supposedly is fixed by a reboot. > > After rebooting, Dia won't start either. > > > > When I try to open the application now, xterm launches. Nothing else > > happens. > > > > Can anyone kindly point me to what to do (or where to research further)? > > > > > 1. Locate Dia.app (usually in /Applications) > 2. Show contents (or use a terminal shell to cd to the directory in the > following step) > 3. cd to Dia.app/Contents/Resources/bin > 4. Edit the file dia > 5. After line 39 add the line export DISPLAY=:0 > 6. Save the file and exit > 7. Close XQuartz if it's running > 8. Start DIA again and it should start, if not restart computer and should > work > > > If it doesn't work, please post the modified dia shell script here. > > > Best, > Alex > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/attachments/20160304/fa8435c8/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:54:19 -0500 > From: Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> > To: discussions about usage and development of dia > <dia-list@gnome.org> > Subject: Re: Dia stopped working on Mac OSX 10.11.3 (El Capitan): when > trying to launch, xterm launches. > Message-ID: > < > cahiey7q2tqhn0soyi1oneycktcczj8t0q7rlyvi6aprqr+a...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Katrin Schweitzer < > > katrin.schweit...@ims.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > > > >> Dear list, > >> I just recently started using Dia on Mac OSX 10.11.3 and it seemed to > >> work fine. > >> > >> However, suddenly it won't start any more. > >> > >> The problem started, when I minimized Dia and couldn't get the windows > >> back. > >> > > > > You get the window back through the XQuartz menu, not through OS X icons. > > In other words, all X11 apps run inside the XQuartz container so to > speak, > > so even though the OS as such sees the process, then native OS X > Windowing > > system only knows about XQuartz. > > > > > >> I force-quit it and trie to restart. Then, I received an error message > >> that seems to be typical with many Mac applications "The application > >> Dia.app is not open anymore" and that supposedly is fixed by a reboot. > >> After rebooting, Dia won't start either. > >> > >> When I try to open the application now, xterm launches. Nothing else > >> happens. > >> > >> Can anyone kindly point me to what to do (or where to research further)? > >> > >> > > 1. Locate Dia.app (usually in /Applications) > > 2. Show contents (or use a terminal shell to cd to the directory in the > > following step) > > 3. cd to Dia.app/Contents/Resources/bin > > 4. Edit the file dia > > 5. After line 39 add the line export DISPLAY=:0 > > 6. Save the file and exit > > 7. Close XQuartz if it's running > > 8. Start DIA again and it should start, if not restart computer and > should > > work > > > > > > If it doesn't work, please post the modified dia shell script here. > > > > > > Best, > > Alex > > > > > Also make sure you have the latest version from Sourceforge, not the older > binary that came directly from dia-installer. The new dia-installer page > should redirect to the SF download site. But you still need to edit the > file as described. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/attachments/20160304/a429bb23/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of dia-list Digest, Vol 143, Issue 2 > **************************************** > -- --- Dr. Katrin Schweitzer IMS, Uni Stuttgart +49 (0)711 685 8 4589 www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/mitarbeiter/schweikn
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