Hi John, I had considered that, and when run it nothing happens. That is to say I don't get "X11" or "XQuartz" text in the top left hand corner next to the apple symbol.
Dr Anthony Nash Department of Chemistry University College London ________________________________________ From: John Francini [[email protected]] Sent: 11 February 2015 21:01 To: Nash, Anthony Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: XQuartz on Yosemite What happens if you run the X11 app in /Applications/Utilities? John > On 11 Feb 2015, at 15:53, Nash, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > I've tried both with no success. > > Thanks > Anthony > > Dr Anthony Nash > Department of Chemistry > University College London > ________________________________________ > From: John Francini [[email protected]] > Sent: 11 February 2015 20:47 > To: Nash, Anthony > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: XQuartz on Yosemite > > After you do the install it’s necessary to log out and log back in (or > restart) before trying to run X. > > John, who uses X11 apps just fine on my Yosemite system > > > >> On 11 Feb 2015, at 15:29, Nash, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I understand there are many guides on XQuartz for Yosemite, of which I have >> gone through many of them. But unfortunately my problem persists. It all >> began after purchasing a brand new Mac inc. Yosemite. I do a lot of ssh >> X11Forwarding work from home, and now going from Snow Leppard all of a >> sudden I've got a bit of a stop-ship issue. ssh -X was throwing up the >> warning: >> >> /opt/X11/bin/xauth: file /Users/acnash/.Xauthority does not exist >> >> So now I can't load remote applications from a HPC. I try loading X from the >> terminal and I get a dialog window saying to go and install XQuartz. So I do >> this. After this I check all of the usual directories and I note that there >> are symbolic links to XQuartz. Wonderful. >> >> But then I continue getting the same error when using ssh -X (and -Y). >> >> So now I simply try launching Xclock from my local terminal (my mac). >> Nothing happens. Xclock appears to be running (the command line does not >> return and top indicates the presence of the xclock process) but I get NO >> gui. In fact, looking at top I can see the XQuartz process sitting there too. >> >> The $DISPLAY is: >> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.idm2Xw6J8h/org.macosforge.xquartz:0 >> >> I would really appreciate some help here. I'm a mathematical chemist not an >> IT guy, and this is causing some really issues with my work. I know that >> things should fall into place the moment I can get xclock visualised on my >> side. >> >> Thanks >> Anthony >> >> >> Dr Anthony Nash >> Department of Chemistry >> University College London >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/francini%40mac.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
