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noah on 03/29/11


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Start an XWindows session on Mac OSX

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URL: http://dyhr.com/2009/09/05/how-to-enable-x11-forwarding-with-ssh-on-mac-os-x-leopard/

The key is to give your SSH client the -Y option, which enables X11 forwarding. Without that, the magic won't work.

Run these commands on Mac, from the X11 Shell.

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  1. ssh -Y me@example.com
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  3. # then, after connecting to the remote host:
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  5. xclock &
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  7. # or, to start Selenium RC on CentOS 3.5
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  9. selenium-rc -forcedBrowserModeRestOfLine *firefox /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox

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