On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:30 PM Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 24, 2021, at 18:01, Tong Sun wrote: > > > For any Xserver in host, I normally just do the following in the > > docker container > > > > export DISPLAY=':0' > > xterm & > > > > and I'll be all set. > > > > However, I found that it is not the case for Xserver from macport, as > > I see my DISPLAY in my host is > > > > DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.DiHpGrxgFr/org.macports:0 > > > > How can I share that with my docker container? > > I'm not sure. Did you try first starting the X server on your Mac, and then > doing what you did before in Docker?
I'm very new to both Mac and macport. how to start the X server on Mac? I used macport to install xorg-server, then tried to start xterm. xterm started fine, meaning my xorg-server started fine, then I checked the DISPLAY in xterm, which is the above value.
