You have an existing ~/.xinitrc file

2009.01.01

Would you like to move aside the existing file and use the standard X11 environment?
[No] [Yes]

Got this error when loading up Gimp on Leopard, wouldn’t do anything, not even let me select No or Yes. How I fixed it was to delete the file /Users/[username]/.ixinitrc

Open a terminal and type:
rm ~/.xinitrc

Then quit out of X11, and restart whatever application you were trying to use when this happened

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Posted by joelgreutman
Filed in OSX Fixes
Tags: gimp, X11

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3 Responses to “You have an existing ~/.xinitrc file”

worldheart Says:

2009.07.19 at 10.31
Hi there, I also got this error message & I want to be able to use Gimp, but not completely screw up! When you say “Open a terminal & type:”, do you mean to open X11 and use the terminal window that pops up or do you mean to open the Terminal app from the utilities folder?

Thanks,
Alex

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- joelgreutman Says:
  
  2009.07.20 at 11.43
  The terminal app. Let me know if this helps fix your problem!
  
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Stefaan Claes Says:

2010.07.27 at 08.00
I got this message too, but I don’t have a .xinitrc file… (there is no such file on my hard disc)

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