Questions tagged [x11]
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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Is the MacPort version of XQuartz severly outdated or what?
At https://www.xquartz.org/ the current version of XQuartz is listed as 2.7.11 but in MacPort it looks like this
$ port search xquartz
xorg-server @1.20.5 (x11, devel)
The X.org / Xquartz X ...
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Alternatives for XQuartz?
XQuartz was always the goto for running X applications on a MacOS desktop. It's been a couple of years since the last version of Quartz and there is no activity on the github, so we may assume that ...
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Cannot connect to x11vnc server from other client
Hello guys I have installed x11vnc server on MAC OS el capital but trying to connect remotely and stream the images of desktop only a black image is rendered to vnc client do you have any idea? I am ...
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XQuartz crash and infinite loop on Mojave
XQuartz is crashing constantly and going in an infinite loop on macOS Mojave.
On doing a xinit in the terminal I get:
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to Xserver : connection refused
xinit: ...
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XQuartz cannot start on macOS Mojave 10.14.5
Recently the XQuartz cracked after I open it from the Utilities folder. And I try to install it through different methods like the pkg and "brew cask install xquartz". However, it cannot work by each ...
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running XQuartz: display background is black after screen is unlocked or awakened
I use XQuartz 99.9% of the time I'm on my Mac. When I lock my screen (using Lock Screen in the apple menu) -- or the screen saver kicks in -- and the screen remains locked/darkened for more than a few ...
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Are there any modern X11/Xorg Browsers that compile for OSX?
Currently I'm using macports. I'm wondering if there are any graphical X11 browsers like Chromium, or Firefox, or the like that compile under X11 (and not native OSX). I want a browser that I can ...
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Can I search for applications compiled against X11/Xorg for MacPorts?
Similar to this question on building against native xQuartz vs MacPort's Xorg, is it possible to search for just applications built against Xorg?
For example, I want to know what Web Browsers are ...
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Can I tell MacPorts to build against its own X11 or Xorg?
In this comment there is a distinction drawn between "native macOS libraries" and X11,
Haven‘t used MacPorts for years, but most probably Kitty is compiled with the native macOS libraries, not with ...
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What do you call the OSX Window Server, Window Manager, and Desktop Environment?
In Linux we have three layers that represent the Window Server, Window Manager, and Desktop Environment. All of those three layers have more than one competing technology. I'm confused when talking ...
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How can I disable XQuartz entirely and use Xorg with my own Desktop Environment?
I want to use i3, which is available in Mac Ports. I've installed it and xorg (with ports install xorg). Now I want to boot into that. I've tried created an ~/.xinitrc and an ~/.xinitrc.d/99_i3 script ...
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How can I change x11 window size programatically?
How can I change the size of an x11 window with a script, be it AppleScript or otherwise. I have a process running using wine which is using XQuartz as the windowing system and I want to force the x11 ...
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How can I enable graphics on local macOS from remote Linux using SSH?
host: Ubuntu 64-bit
local: macOS 10.13 64-bit
I'm attempting to run a program on a remote Linux machine through ssh, and I want the GUI to appear on my local macOS laptop.
When I execute ssh -v -X ...
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Hostname in X11 window title
How can I make the hostname show in the title of an X11 window?
In Linux environments, ssh -Y foohost; ...; bar-gui will open an xwindow for the program with the title "bar-gui (on foohost)". That ...
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Latest fink unable to install xemacs on High Sierra
I did a fresh install of fink 0.43.1 on a High Sierra system, then installed texlive and all of its prerequisites. That all works fine.
Then I try to add xemacs:
fink install xemacs
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How to return to previous fullscreen Terminal after closing a fullscreen X11 app?
I open Terminal app in fullscreen mode, by which Terminal sits itself in a new workspace. Then I run
feh --fullscreen https://i.redd.it/tum2p9hdtex11.jpg
It will open the image in fullscreen in ...
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How to access the Menu Mnemonics of an X11 Program within macOS [duplicate]
With the kind assistance of X11 Quartz background app I have an X11 app Dia diagramming tool running.
It is enticing to see those mnemonics apparently (?) available to use. I have a serious beef with ...
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Running MTGArena on MacBook Pro using Wine and DXVK
I have recently installed wine for the first time on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011 running OSX 10.13.6 with OpenGL 16.7.4 and OpenCL 2.8.24) in order to play MTGArena... unfortunately it doesn't ...
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X11 apps have stopped working
I had been using gnuplot and nedit on my iMac running High Sierra. About 2 months ago they both stopped working. When I try to plot with Gnuplot i get the following error message:
gnuplot: unable to ...
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XQuartz was recently upgraded. Some apps that used X11 no longer work
Recently XQuartz was automatically updated on my Mac running High Sierra. Now the apps that used X11 no longer work. I also noticed that if I run XQuartz by double-clicking on the app it opens but ...
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XQuartz cannot generate any windows (even the built in terminal or xlogo)
getting a bit desperate here after trying everything I could find/think of — I'll just come out and say that I have a weak back ground in unix systems.
I use XQuartz 2.7.11 to connect to a RedHat ...
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AutoRaise (bring window to front) - XQuartz
I'd like focus-follows-mouse (autoraise) with XQuartz windows (for X-Forwarding purposes).
I'm using a small app posted on SO on this thread and it works OK for regular apps (which run under Quartz, ...
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Terminal not working on Yosemite
Not sure about the Yosemite version because "About this mac" option doesn't work too. Terminal, X11, Screenshot to name a few, don't work.
Used to work fine since I updated from Lion a few months ago....
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How to run XQuartz in 16-bit color mode
Is it possible to run XQuartz in 16-bit color mode on macOS High Sierra? I tried the suggestions in this question but they didn't seem to work for 16-bit color.
First, I tried setting the color ...
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Using PRIMARY clipboard in macOS
I use Linux (CentOS) at work and quite like the PRIMARY clipboard. This adds highlighted text to a clipboard automatically and pastes the contents of that clipboard on center-button mouse click. ...
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XQuartz does not work correctly
I have got a problem with XQuartz. We are running a server on which we installed an application which runs via Wine. If I start the application via Linux it works perfect.
But with my Macbook (OS X ...
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Using X11-Forwarding to show UI that runs by different user
I've logged on to my Mac under 'user1', and opened a terminal in which I've switched to another user 'user2' using su command.
Now I've opened a .txt file from that terminal by typing open file.txt ...
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Conflicting libpng.16.16.dylib
On my mac book (OS X 10.12.4) I have two libpng.16.16.dylib: one in /opt/X11/bin, for which otool reports
/opt/X11/lib/libpng16.16.dylib:
/opt/X11/lib/libpng16.16.dylib (compatibility version 43....
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How to specify path to libX11.6.dylib for XQuartz?
I'm trying to run Wine with x11 driver (because some apps only work with x11 driver). I had installed XQuartz and it works and runs xterm.
However, when I run Wine, it outputs:
err:x11drv:...
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How to change X11/Xquartz colour setting to 256 colors Using Bash Script?
I want to change X11 color settings from 'From Display'(default) to '256 colors' using Terminal.app. I already know how to change it using the GUI, but I need a bash script to do it. I have:
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Dia on macOS Sierra
I'm trying to run Dia on macOS Sierra (MacBookPro, Retina). It crashed searching for libdia.dylib. Exporting Display=:0, as recommended here, does not help.
Any ideas?
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How to identify process based on the visible window?
On Unix/Linux there are some tools such as xwininfo, xdotool, xkill or xprop to identify a window's PID by clicking on it, but they only work with X11.
Is there any similar solution for macOS? To get ...
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The Insert key without 3rd party apps on MacBook Air in VirtualBox running Linux
Hardware setup
I use MacBook Air with what seems to be an English international keyboard layout. My Input Sources are set to Polish - Pro in the Keyboard settings.
Software setup
I run Debian 8.6.0 ...
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XQuartz problem on OS 10.12.1
I In stalled Xquartz from here, but when trying to start it from the command line via
/opt/X11/bin/Xquartz
I get an error:
> /opt/X11/bin/Xquartz
dyld: Symbol not found: ...
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XQuartz: xterm command slow since last update
I often use the following command to get a new terminal on XQuartz.
xterm -sh 1.01 -u8 -fa 12 -fg LightBlue -bg black &
However, since the last update of XQuartz, it takes about 1 min for the ...
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Is it possible to X forward from a mac?
We have some Mac Pro workstations, and a number of people with Linux and windows laptops would like to be able to run GUI programs from those workstations remotely, ideally with X11 forwarding.
I ...
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OS X X11 applications that could be accessed from linux
Besides xeyes and xcalc, is there any other X11 applications that I could launch from Linux with ssh -X ?
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El Capitan XQuartz fails to open. Abnormal code 126
I am running 10.11.2 on a Macbook Pro and have downloaded the Quartz 2.7.9 and installed it. The installation GUI claims the XQuartz installation was successful. I rebooted my machine and logged ...
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What is the X Server equivalent on OSX?
What is the X Server equivalent on OSX? I am not looking for XQuartz. What component of the OSX is responsible for rendering graphics? Just as X11 does for *nix.
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X11/Xlib.h file not found
I am trying to install Savi-program for monitoring satellites found here via Terminal. I am developer so I have XCode installed. which gcc returns /usr/bin/gcc. Command make ARCH=macosx once in the ...
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X11 applications don't open after XQuartz update (OS X 10.10.4)
I updated X11 by installing the most recent XQuartz package, 2.7.9. Now, when opening an application that is supported by X11 (e.g., emacs), my terminal throws an error (while X11 starts in the ...
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X.Org vs. XQuartz - MacPorts
After installing MacPorts and some software through that way, I noticed that MacPorts installed X.Org.
I've already installed XQuartz years ago and I'm really fine with it.
My 1. question is:
Do I ...
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Inkscape (or other XQuartz) window disappears when using external screen
I have this issue where Inkscape does not appear when my MacBook Pro is plugged to an external screen. I tried several windows management tools (like Spectable, or Stay) but these did not work for the ...
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Can we run OS X apps inside X11 (XQuartz)?
I'm wondering if that is possible, so that I can use some X11 window manager for everything.
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XQuartz El Capitan not setting $DISPLAY for a Vagrant built VM
I've built multiple VMs with Vagrant (CentOS, ArchLinux, Debian), all exhibit the same problem:
When I ssh onto the VM,
0;vagrant@archlinux: ~vagrant@archlinux:~$ echo $DISPLAY
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Wireshark pane couldn't display
I installed Wireshark Version 2.0.0 on OSX 10.11 with XQuartz 2.7.8
But it doesn't display any pane, I don't know what happened...
Any suggestions?
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How does a program modify /usr but I am unable to even with admin privileges?
I have just installed latest Xquartz and FSL imaging software. I noticed that there is a new symbolic link in /usr (i.e. /usr/X11R6) to /opt/X11. My understanding was that only Apple software could ...
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X11 Mouse Acceleration setting
X11 that I am using (XQuartz 2.7.5 (xorg-server 1.14.4)) with Yosemite has very high acceleration with the mouse (external or trackpad). Is there a way to lower the acceleration or remove it all ...
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How can I get gdk-x11-3.0 on OS X?
Building an application from source (yikes), I get this on cmake:
-- checking for module 'gdk-x11-3.0'
-- package 'gdk-x11-3.0' not found
CMake Error at /usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.3.1/share/cmake/...
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How do I open X11 on Mac OS X? Is it possible to add an icon to my applications folder?
How do I directly open X11 on my mac?
How can I add the X11 icon to the applications folder?
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