The X window system (or X11, based on its current major version being 11) is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for GUIs, commonly on Unix based systems.
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“X11 could not be opened” then “X11 canceled restart”
I occasionally run into the following first-world nightmare, usually when trying to run open source software (in this case Inkscape on a Mac Pro running Lion, though I've seen this error before as ...
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Install X11 version of Firefox on OSX 10.8.2
I'm trying to install a x11-enabled version of Firefox on my OSX 10.8.2, so it can integrate nicely with xmonad.
My problem: Firefox in macports is extremely old (7.x) and building 17.x from source ...
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Help getting Nautilus running under MacPorts
I have been trying to run Nautilus on OS X 10.6.8 without any luck. First, I installed MacPorts, then installed Nautilus. However when I try to run it from the command line, I am getting an error. I ...
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How do I run BeyondCompare in X11 as root?
I used WineBottler to install Beyond Compare on my Mac.
It runs within an X11 environment. (It works great, by the way.)
But it cannot access many folders to which my user account does not have ...
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X takes a long time to load under Lion
I recently upgraded to Lion. X now takes a couple of minutes to load. Anybody know what to change to make this go faster?
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Allow the Terminal.app to pass command key based keystrokes to terminal programs
I want to allow programs running in the terminal the ability to interpret the keyboard short cut Cmd + S
I have already Remapped the Terminals' default binding of Cmd + S to Ctrl + S via the ...
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Start XQuartz automatically on X11 app launch
Before switcthing to Mac OSX 10.8 everytime I launch application which uses x11 it was starting x11 automatically.
After switching to XQuartz and 10.8 it does not work anymore and I have to launch ...
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How to 'startx' from Single User Mode?
I usually run dwm inside Xquartz on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. But is there a way to boot into Safe Mode (or a console), then startx or xinit, skipping Aqua? I'd like to boot directly into X11.
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X11 keeps crashing with “Cannot establish any listening sockets”, I cleared /tmp but it still crashes
Started X11 on Lion today, now it keeps crashing over and over - can't get it to stop.
Cannot establish any listening sockets
1) is there any way to stop this over and over again?
2) is there a ...
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Mountain Lion ssh -X problems
How to run on Mountain Lion X11 forwrading? like
ssh -X some@example.com xterm
my /etc/sshd_config has
X11Forwarding yes
#X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes
# XAuthLocation added by XQuartz ...
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XQuartz directories in Mountain Lion
I'm trying to set up dwm in Mountain Lion, and while I have a lot of experience in UNIX-like systems, I haven't been using Apple products for very long. I'm following this gist: ...
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Inkscape will not open on its own, but can be opened from within an x11 window
When I installed inkscape, it asked me for the location of x11, and without thinking, I choose xcode, rather than xQuartz. So now, if I try to open it via its icon in the applications folder nothing ...
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How can I install tk on OS X?
I am getting warnings and empty popup boxes when compiling and loading R packages that depend on tk. They say that tk was not installed correctly.
I am using homebrew, but I can't tell which package ...
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X11 periodically losing focus
I have a very annoying issue with the X11 app on OS X when using it to run things remotely over SSH. Every now and then (it's pretty regular, I'd say about each 1-2 minutes), the app I'm in loses ...
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DISPLAY is not set on remote host when I do ssh from mac to another machine
I recently reinstalled my OS X 10.8 and I discovered that X11 (XQuartz) does not work anymore.
I do have XQuartz installed and started and I do see the DISPLAY variable being correctly set on ...
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Cabal won't configure X11 in Mountain Lion
I need to run cabal install X11 >=1.5.0.0 && <1.6
But it fails when configuring:
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring X11-1.5.0.1...
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: ...
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Slinkware / SSH X11 Forwarding connection from Linux
Is there any alternative to Slinkware for Linux so that I can connect to a Mac host that runs Slinkware?
I found out that an SSH server is running at the Slinkware port.
I can login successfully, but ...
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Where is X11's error log located in OSX Lion?
I'm trying to run the Xmonad window manager in X11 on OSX lion, I load Xmonad at x11 startup, and X11 just crashes, sometimes it does not. I'm just wondering how I can view some kind of error log to ...
