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I have not used prefix on OSX in several years. Does it help to start an X |
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app from the OSX X11Terminal ? I though I had to do that. But then the |
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question is should that be the correct way or should a prefix X server or |
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client be used ? |
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matt |
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Michael Jinks <michael.jinks@×××××.com> |
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> File this under "problems I'll probably fix myself the moment I hit 'send' |
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> on an email"... |
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> I'm using prefix on my OSX laptop, typically by starting an xterm and |
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> running startprefix. But when I do that, my $DISPLAY isn't inherited, so X |
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> apps obviously don't run. In cases like that, my usual hack is to ssh in |
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> with X11 forwarding (-Y), but my laptop isn't running sshd. More to the |
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> point, that seems like the wrong way to address this issue; why have all |
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> that overhead encrypting a connection to localhost? If memory serves, ssh |
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> used to support an option for cipher "none", but I don't find that in any |
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> manpages now. |
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> There has to be a better way...? |
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> Thanks. |
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