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preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every session
Whenever I use ssh, after I type the password, xQuartz pop ups in the dock and terminal window looses focus. This happens even if there's no an X session. Why? How to prevent this behavior?
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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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“S” key does not work in X11 (XQuartz)
The S key seems to be mapped to an incorrect value in XQuartz for me. I am running OS X 10.7.5 and XQuartz 2.7.4 (xorg-server 1.13.0). The problem also occurs in X11.app (XQuartz 2.6.5, xorg-server ...
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Running GUI application from Console Login
What I'm trying to do is after logging into the >console on my mac mini run safari. Its on
10.6.8 if that matters, I've tried a 10.8.3 machine. Once logged in, I login as root. From here is it ...
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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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Compress PDF with adjustable ratio
One can use Preview to compress a PDF. However Preview on Mac OS X 10.7 does a too hard compression for my taste. There is only one compression setting.
Are there alternative tools that allows you to ...
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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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OS X as X Window Server
Is it possible to serve Mac applications like iPhoto over a network to X Window clients?
Our problem is that a broken Graphics card is causing a lot of stripes etc on the screen.
Other remote ...
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Change installation directory of XQuartz on Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion doesn't include X11 any more, and XQuartz is the substitute. Having installed it, I see that XQuartz 2.7.2 installs in the non-standard (though commonly used) directory /opt. It also ...
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Emulate three button mouse does not work in tmux on xterm on XQuartz
I use XQuartz on OS X 10.8.2. In an xterm window, thanks to the clipboard synch'ing I enabled in XQuartz's Preferences pane, I can Option click and paste my OS X clipboard's contents into the window.
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Xquartz crash infinite loop in Mountain Lion?
I'm trying to get Xquartz to work in Mountain Lion, but when I click it, it starts up, then crash, then starts up again etc. It loops like this until I reboot or logout.
My console says this for ...
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X11/XQuartz problem on 10.8.2
On my Snow Leopard iMac, X11 is broken. I get:
dyld: Symbol not found: __cg_DGifGetLine Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ...
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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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Installing Xmonad on Mountain Lion?
I'm following this tutorial http://sourcematters.org/2012/06/27/xmonad-on-os-x-lion.html to install Xmonoad on OS X through Xquartz.
When installing some of Xmonad's dependencies through cabal, cabal ...
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Unable to install XQuartz on Mountain Lion
I have updated my Mac to Mountain Lion and now wanted to install XQuartz. However, the installer tells me that the installation failed and that I should contact the vendor. Did anyone else have this ...
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Are there any ways to improve the font rendering in X11.app / XQuartz?
I use WingIDE for Python development and it runs under X Windows. The X11 font rendering is driving me crazy. Are there any tricks for getting better fonts in an X Server on MacOS / Lion? Sample image ...
