Configuring OSX to be able to display remote X11 (X.Org) applications on the local (MacOS Lion) display.
- Reconfigure X11 on OSX to listen to TCP port 6000 if it doesn't already.
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Move on to the next section if
% defaults read org.x.X11 | grep nolisten "nolisten_tcp" = 0;
Otherwise... - Enable the X11 server to listen on it's tcp port.
% defaults write org.x.X11 nolisten_tcp 0
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Make sure
xauth
is installed on the remote server.% which xauth
- Start an
ssh
session with X11 forwarding enabled.% ssh -X remote-host
- Open
xcalc
on the remote server and verify it comes up on your local display.
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