Questions tagged [xquartz]
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Where are gs-X11 and gs-noX11 on my Mac?
I performed the following steps:
Reinstalled macOS Ventura 13.4 on my system. (I was taken aback to not find /usr/local/bin/, but then this answer provided relief.)
Installed Homebrew. (It is in /opt ...
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Issue with xQuartz on macOS Catalina 10.15.7
I'm getting following error when try to open application 'gmsh' remotely through SSH terminal. How can i fix it ?
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver:...
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XQuartz Garbage characters after command
I am running Mac Catalina 10.15.6 and have XQuartz 1.18.4 installed. After running any successful command on XQuartz the follow characters are written to the terminal: 64;1;2;6;9;15;18;21;22c. I also ...
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macOS X11 forwarding error
I need to forward display one of software run from Linux computer (Debian 4.19) to my Mac computer (macOS 10.14.6 Mojave). I use XQuartz 2.7.11. The software 'freeze' once displayed and on terminal ...
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Can't run glxgears using XQuartx
I am trying to run glxgears on a remote Linux server using XQuarts 2.7.11 on macOS Mojave (10.14.6), but I get the following error:
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: ...
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Disable message 'Do you REALLY want to quit X11?'
I am on OS X 10.11.2, running this version of X11. When I quit X11, I get the dialog window 'Do you really want to quit x11?', of which I would like to get rid.
None of the answers that I found ...
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emacs window height is too small when the session is over SSH on macOS Xquartz
XQuartz 2.7.11 (xorg-server 1.18.4)
From Mac, I ssh-login to Ubuntu 18.04 and XigmaNAS, and start emacs. The emacs windows shows up as it should.
The emacs window pops out as normal size, then ...
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Why does Inkscape on Mac require XQuartz?
As far as I know it uses GTK3 which does not require XQuartz. So why are they still using such an awkward and ancient system?
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How to get ctrl-left and ctrl-right shortcuts working in X apps in XQuartz?
XQuartz allows us to run X applications on macos. That's particularly useful when we have a remote headless Linux machine - just ssh -X into the machine and then the GUI for any X application launched ...
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clamtk Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display
I'm currently trying to run clamtk on a ssh connection. From reading up on this I need to enable Xforwarding so I tried the following.
On an apple Mac I downloaded XQuartz. There I ssh into my ...
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GIMP stuck on “Loading Data Files: Fonts” after XQuartz and Inkscape install
I have a Mac running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6. I have used GIMP without any trouble despite having lots of fonts downloaded. However, I was trying to open a vector graphic and in the process downloaded ...
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Cron expression to run on 6th 7th and 8th business day
I am building a cron expression that has to run every 30 minutes only on a range of business days, eg: 6th,7th and 8th business days of a month.
Currently I have a cron expression but that only runs ...
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Remove XQuartz?
I installed PlayOnMac to get a game to run on my computer, and it prompted me to install something called "XQuartz". It also said to log out an log back in to make it my default something. I ...
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Enable GLX extension in Xvfb in Xquartz
The version of Xvfb included in Xquartz on MacOS doesn't support GLX:
$ Xvfb +extension GLX
[mi] Extension "GLX" is not recognized
[mi] Only the following extensions can be run-time enabled:
[mi] ...
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xmgrace broken after brew package upgrades
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) with OS X El Capitan v. 10.11.6. I use xmgrace regularly for my work, and a week ago, I had no problems with it. On Sept. 20, 2016 I did 'brew update, outdated, ...
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Where to put X11 (XQuartz) configuration on OS X?
I’m trying to set the key repeat rate to a different value using xset r rate 280 50. I’ve tried adding this configuration statement to various configuration files (~/.zprofile, ~/.xinitrc, ~/.zlogin), ...
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ttatcc gives dumb message: dyld: Library not loaded
Installed OracleSecureGlobalDesktopClient.dmg and when I went to run it, got this error:
a-taylor-ltm:bin a.taylor$ /Applications/Oracle\ Secure\ Global\ Desktop\ Client/5.10.923/Oracle\ Secure\ ...
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Getting Quartz to scale the screen resolution for Retina display
I am using a VDI client (Exceed On Demand) that uses Quartz (X11) to display on my Retina display. When setting the display resolution to default, the X11 window doesn't fit. When setting it for "...
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OSX start X11 server from command line
I've downloaded and installed the Quartz package from here
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
I've also downloaded, installed and setup the vnc2flv Python package here
http://www.unixuser.org/~...
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Xquartz stopped working on Maverics. Cannot install a valid X11 forwarding
I'm having trouble with XQuartz on Mavericks. After I went to apple genius support to change my battery (in which the genius guy forced power off when I had an X11 connection opened), I am having the ...
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OSX: X11 Connection Rejected
The message below is received when accessing a RHEL server from OSX.
The latest XQuartz is running on the OSX (Mavericks) - any ideas on where to troubleshoot? I have Googled the heck out of this ...
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Inkscape does not switch languages
I installed Inkscape on MBP along with last version of XQuartz.
The keyboard input is stuck on second non-English language and I cannot use any shortcut or input English text. It does not matter that ...
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Configure XQuartz to use second screen
Is it possible to configure XQuartz to use my second screen? I've tried updating the default DISPLAY variable to something like /tmp/launch-oEIGJf/org.macosforge.xquartz:0.1, but this (kind of ...
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XQuartz will not start on Mac 10.9 Maverick - infinite failure loop
I've been having problems getting XQuartz to work on my Mac 10.9 (aka Maverick). I have installed and uninstalled XQuartz several times to no avail.
The error messages I'm getting from the Console....
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X11/XQuartz won't auto-launch after upgrading to OS X Mavericks?
I can't use Wireshark on latest OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
Previously, I was using XQuartz to run X11 applications like Wireshark.
But, yesterday, after I upgraded my iMac operating system to OS X 10.9, I ...
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X11 application (Matlab) won't respond to any keys/mouse, grey window on minimize (Snow Leopard)
Suddenly my Matlab (2012b) won't run. It starts fine but does not respond to any keys if I minimize it it comes back as just a grey window.
I tried reinstalling Matlab, then xQuartz (I actually ...
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Getting Ubuntu host's GUI on local machine when using X Window
I am tunneling X Window over ssh on my local OSX machine using XQuartz.
Now the GUI of course looks different than what I would get when I start programs on ubuntu locally.
Is there a way to make my ...
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Why can't I paste into xterm (XQuartz)?
I'm on a Mac (OS 10.8.2) and I'd like to start using xterm as my default terminal, rather than Terminal.app. Unfortunately, I can't paste text into an xterm window, and this is something that I ...
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How to uninstall XQuartz on Mountain Lion?
The instructions here are a little dated, and no longer work on Mountain Lion:
sudo rm -rf /usr/X11* /System/Library/Launch*/org.x.* /Applications/Utilities/X11.app /etc/*paths.d/X11
sudo pkgutil --...
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Limit Xquartz to One Monitor
I'm on OSX 10.7.4 in a multi monitor setup. I use X11Forwarding via SSH to work remotely. Both stock X11 and Xquartz X11 have no (obvious) setting to limit themselves to one monitor.
Is there a way I ...
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Mac OS X: Icons for X11 windows
X11 windowing system allows setting per-window icons to be used when the window is minimized. It is odd that Xquartz / X11.app on OS X doesn't use this icon, substituting it for its default "X" icon.
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