xorg

[Tong Sun]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 9:09 PM James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:
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> > On 15 Feb 2021, at 9:41 am, Tong Sun <suntong001 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Was everything OK before you swap XQuartz with xorg?
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> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 6:48 PM James <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:
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> >> I decided to use org rather than XQuartz
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> >> But a check shows
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> >> ssh sandypit
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> >> [sandypit] /home/jam [1001]% xeyes
> >> Error: Can't open display:
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> >> I have enabled auth
> >> ssh_config
> >> …
> >> Host *
> >>    SendEnv LANG LC_*
> >>    XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
> >>
> >> Any hints please
> >> James
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> It is a long story:
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> Long ago with this macbook and catelina and XQuarts everything worked
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> After trying to build mythtv, which uses lots of macports, chaos reigned
>    multiple “MacOS - Data” partitions, some with a utf char delimiter, some with “1”, some with “2”
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> I reinstalled catilina after reading “how to get rid of multiple Dsta partitions. (DiskUtil on install)
> now /Applications is mostly bare, ~Application does not exist and a new xorg-server install does not work, and to compound matters I have even more Data partitions.

I thought so.

Just FYI, I have no problem using any X apps from macports, even via
ssh. So get your environment straight first. This is not a macports
problem (and this might not be the best place to solve all of your
remaining problems).