This guide will explain how to configure and use X-servers for Mac and Windows on Pronto, Condo, and Nova:
If neither of these programs are currently installed on your Mac, you can download XQuartz from the Mac App Store (free). To enable forwarding, just run XQuartz/X11 before starting Terminal. If a xterm window pops up from XQuartz/X11, you may close that window before starting Terminal, since Terminal is more feature-rich than XTerm (my opinion). For Apple Mac OS X users, we can use a terminal to connect to ranger server. In order to execute GUI commands on the remote machine, and display the GUI in your local computer sceen(e.g.: scite editor), we also need to install and configure an X server called XQuartz.
- For Mac, use XQuartz
- For Windows, use PuTTY and VcXsrv
- Installing XQuartz on Apple Mac. This tutorial explains how to install XQuartz application on Apple Mac. This application is required by Wine application which allows to run Embird (native Windows application) on Apple Mac computer. Note: Please note, that applications XQuartz and Wine for Apple Mac are not developed nor supported by Embird team.Also, because Embird is natively Windows.
- Navigate to Finder Applications Utilities. Scroll down until you find XQuartz. Once you find it, click it once and drag it down to the dock at the bottom of the screen. In the dock, right click on XQuartz, hover over Applications and click on Terminal. This will configure XQuartz.
If you are connecting from a University owned computer, please install the applications via self-service on , or talk to your departmental IT support person. If you're on a personally owned device, use the links below:
- PuTTY: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
- VcXsrv: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
- XQuartz: https://www.xquartz.org/
X Forwarding allows us to run software on Linux/Unix server with a Windows style GUI (Graphical User Interface).
Mac OS X
Navigate to Finder > Applications > Utilities. Scroll down until you find XQuartz. Once you find it, click it once and drag it down to the dock at the bottom of the screen. In the dock, right click on XQuartz, hover over Applications and click on Terminal. This will configure XQuartz to run the application we want.
(If you don't see the Applications > Terminal part, then you may need to open XQuartz once, close it, and you should be able to right click and see these options.)
Begin by running the following command a terminal:
$ ssh -X <the rest of your normal ssh invocation here>
Note that the '-Y' flag can be used instead of '-X', but skips X11 security extensions, so only use it if '-X' fails. You will be prompted for your Google Authenticator code (if on condo or nova) and your password.
Once you have successfully connected, type in the following (modify as needed for your core count and time limit):
$ srun --x11 --time=01:00:00 --nodes=1 --cpus-per-task=1 --pty /usr/bin/bash Why can t i download mac os high sierra.
This allows us to use one of the nodes in the cluster. After running this command, you should be assigned a node that you can use.
To test if we have set up X11 forwarding correctly, we try to run mathematica.
Run the following commands:
$ module load mathematica
$ mathematica
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You should see something like this:
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Windows
Open PuTTY Getting over it with bennett foddy mac download version.
By default, PuTTY should have the port set to 22, and connection type should be set to SSH. If neither of these are set, please configure them.
In the Host Name box, type the name of the server you are connecting to, we're using Condo as the example here:
condo2017.its.iastate.edu
Your PuTTY screen should look like this:
Next, navigate to SSH, and check 'Enable compression'. (Both are boxed in red)
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Expand the SSH tree, click on X11 and check 'X11 Forwarding'. In the 'X display location field, put in the following location:
127.0.0.1:0.0
This will tell PuTTY to display to VcXsrv's window.
Click open. You will be prompted to login with your NetID, Google Authenticator (if relevant for the system) and your password.
Now open up VcXsrv (also known as xlaunch) and select a display option. This will simply determine how the program you are trying to run will look on your desktop. In this example, I will choose 'Multiple windows'.
Keep clicking next and use the default settings. Note that you may not see anything after clicking finish.
Now in PuTTY, type in (modify as needed for your core count and time limit):
srun --x11 --time=01:00:00 --nodes=1 --cpus-per-task=1 --pty /usr/bin/bash
This simply allows us to access one of the cluster's nodes. You may need to wait until you have been assigned a node.
Let's test an application to verify that we have setup everything correctly.
Run the commands:
$ module load mathematica
$ mathematica
You should see something like this:
(You can simply close it normally using the 'X')
Now you can configure and login using X-servers to X Forward on both Windows and Mac!
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Get X11 Forwarding In macOS High Sierra
I needed to forward X11 output from one of my Linux servers recently to run virt-manager (manager for virtual machines in KVM), and because it’s been a while I had to download and install X11 server again.
As some of you know, Xorg server is no longer shipped/installed with macOS by default. So you have to download it from XQuartz page: https://www.xquartz.org/releases/index.html. Usually you do it, install it and that’s it – no additional steps are needed.
But things are slightly different for the macOS High Sierra, apparently.
The latest release hasn’t been updated since 2016 which I believe is before High Sierra – which explains why things don’t “just work” anymore. Fear not though – I tracked the issue down and it’s explained below.
UPDATE 03/2019: MacOS Mojave works just great, you may skip Step 3 in the procedure below.
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Steps to get X11 Forwarding in macOS High Sierra
- Download and install the latest release from xquartz.org website
- Start XQuartz
- IMPORTANT: verify xauth locationSSH configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config might contain path to xauth tool, which may be incorrect depending on your OSX/MacOS version. Here’s how to check:
Xquartz App
if this returns nothing, you can skip to Step 4 below. If this gives you an output, compare it to the path from the next command:
If the locations differ, update the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file:
- Connect to remote server using -X option which does X11 forwarding for SSH:[email protected]:~ $ ssh -X centos.unixtutorial.or
- Check the DISPLAY variable, it should now be set correctly:
That’s it for today!