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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:19:55 +1000
From: Michael Wybrow <michael.wybrow@...131...>
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Startup problem in OS X
To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
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On 09/06/2008, at 11:01 PM, James Smith wrote:

I've upgraded my computer and reinstalled Inkscape but it doesn't seem

to run.  I haven't installed the OS X developer kit, but X11 was

installed when I setup Matlab.  I have installed the latest version of

XQuartz (v2.1.4).

FWIW, the latest is actually 2.2.1.

When I click on the Inkscape icon I get the "While Inkscape is open,

its windows can be displayed... The first time this version of

Inkscape is run it may  take several minutes before the main window is

displayed while font caches are built."  After I click "OK" nothing

happens.  I've waited, rebooted and started again and there has been

no display of the main window.

If you are on Leopard and you see this font message each time you  
start Inkscape, then do the following:
1. Open Terminal.app (in Applications -> Utilities) and type the  
following

2. mkdir ~/.fontconfig

3. Close Terminal, and restart Inkscape.  It should work.

If you don't see the font caches message anymore, but the Inkscape  
window never appears, can you please run Console.app, start Inkscape  
and then reply here with the relevant error messages output by  
Inkscape to the Console app.

Cheers,
Michael