> On Nov 28, 2016, at 19:53, Jacqueline McCleary <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Jeremy, > > Thank you for getting back to me! > > (1) I did log out and log back in; unfortunately that didn't resolve my issue > > (2) echo $DISPLAY yields locally: > /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.TkyC1AT8eL/org.macosforge.xquartz:0 > and on the remote system: login001:18.0 (login001 is the name of the remote > login node).
It looks like something on the remote system is changing DISPLAY that was set by sshd. It should look something like "localhost:10" You should check your shell initialization files on the remote system to see why that is happening. > > (3) When I try to run remote emacs/other X client software, I get the > standard error: > > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display "login001:18.0" > Unable to initialize window system. > > Thanks, > Jacqueline > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 28, 2016, at 08:54, Jacqueline McCleary <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a late 2016 MacBook Pro with OSX Sierra installed and the latest > > stable XQuartz. On the last laptop I had, a 2012 MacBook Pro with OSX > > Yosemite and the same version of Xquartz, when I entered e.g. > > > > $emacs junk.foo > > > > a new window would load up. This also held true during SSH sessions. Now, > > however, no matter what ~/.ssh/config or in /etc/sshd_config settings I > > change, no window ever loads up. To get any kind of windows forwarding, I > > have to open an Xquartz terminal, which isn't as "nice" as the native > > OSX terminal environment, particularly as relates to tabs. > > > > I ~already~ went through the suggestions in the Xquartz FAQ and trawled > > the Googles, but none of the suggestions I came across fixed my problem. Am > > I being dumb? > > 1) Did you logout and log back in after the XQuartz install? If not, do that > first. > > 2) What's the output of 'echo $DISPLAY' both locally and remotely after you > ssh to the other system? > > 3) What does happen when you try to run the remote emacs? Do you get any > particular error messages? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/jeremyhu%40freedesktop.org > > This email sent to [email protected]
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