On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:24 PM Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2021, at 21:15, Tong Sun wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:30 PM Ryan Schmidt 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. > > Starting any X11 program, such as xterm, will start the X11 server. Or you > can manually launch /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app. > > Now that X11.app is running on macOS, what happens if you try to use X11 from > your Docker container, with DISPLAY set to ":0"?
Error: Can't open display: :0
