[Xquartz-dev] Mac OS X 10.11.4

Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia jeremyhu at gmail.com
Sat Mar 26 11:56:31 PDT 2016


> On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:20, James Gamber <jrgamber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had previously done
> 
> X11Forwarding yes' in sshd_config

Did you do that on the *remote server side*?

> But that didn't change anything.

If that's the case, then you're seeing a bug in ssh.  What is DISPLAY set to locally when you 'ssh -X ...' to the remote system?  What is it set to on the remote system?

> Also, is there any XClient app, like xclock, anywhere on the internet (not on my computer) that I could access via ssh and/or XQuartz to perform a test.  That would verify my local firewall, settings, etc local issues are not a problem.
> 
> Regards,
> Jim Gamber
> 
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
> If your DISPLAY environment variable isn't set, that's the problem.  Given that you're using ssh -X, it's likely that the ssh server is configured to disallow X11 forwarding.
> 
> See http://www.xquartz.org/FAQs.html, specifically the last couple lines of the section which indicate the need for 'X11Forwarding yes' in sshd_config
> 
> 
> > On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:09, James Gamber <jrgamber at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed XQuartz on my Mac.  It works fine with the Mac X clients provided, like xclock.
> >
> > I am connecting to my cloud account on eApps.com both via the xterm and via Mac terminal, with ssh -X.  eApps is a standard Linux and Java.
> >
> > On my cloud account I start a Java application with a SWING GUI.  I am getting the error about the DISPLAY variable not set.  When I set a DISPLAY variable, I get other typical Java errors, but my Java app aborts and no X window appears on my Mac.
> >
> > I am seeking a developer that will assist me to fix this for a fixed fee.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jim Gamber
> > jrgamber at gmail.com
> >
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