[Xastir] Xastir on OS X

Bob Nielsen n7xy at clearwire.net
Tue Sep 29 15:48:52 EDT 2009


This is on the same machine (no firewall) where Xastir is installed  
so ssh isn't an issue.  I made a script, but it is a simple call to / 
usr/local/bin/xastir.  It won't start from the script and I see that  
error when running from a terminal with my normal account login.

On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
>> I have "export DISPLAY=:0.0" in my .profile and other X apps are  
>> working.
>
> Are you starting Xastir from a script or shell alias which may be
> unintentionally messing with (or wiping out) your DISPLAY variable?
>
> Are you starting Xastir remotely via SSH and forgetting to use -Y?
> (Some people use -X I think?)
>
> Firewall problems in the area of ports 6000-6063 on either machine?
>
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