SSH won't work in new version of OS X 10.8.4

I was using a previous version of OS X and used to connected to a server with an SSH console. It used to run X11 after loading my requested programs (Mathematica) on the remote server and was working properly.

Recently I upgraded my Mac to the latest version (OS X 10.8.4) and SSH is now not loading the "X" anymore. I therefore access my requested programs from the remote server.

How can I fix the problem? I downloaded an extra version of X11 and installed it, but there were connection failures in the graphical interface. It was working with properly with X11 in the previous version.

Alex

Posted 2013-08-09T07:53:54.927

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What version of OS X did you run before? What exactly are you doing when you connect to the remote server? Which programs do you open and what commands do you enter? – slhck – 2013-08-17T09:37:28.140

→ slhck: the one integrated with OS X 10.7. → Alex: which X11 version did you install? Where did you install it? Could you add in your original question the typical output of: type xterm? – dan – 2013-08-18T22:20:59.227

@danielAzuelos the latest version XQuartz – Alex – 2013-08-20T16:24:31.260

@slhck it was 10.5 something .It was 2010 product – Alex – 2013-08-20T16:26:40.580

Answers

Make sure to install XQuarts as mentioned by oozic.

Troubleshoot the connection by logging in with verbosity.

ssh -xvvv foo@bar

Verify that you have the DISPLAY environment variable configured in your mac. Here is what mine looks like.

env | grep DISPLAY
DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-51CsPO/org.macosforge.xquartz:0

spuder

Posted 2013-08-09T07:53:54.927

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You are awesome!!!Thanks.The problem has been solved.Please tell me what I have to read to know useful commands in terminal of the mac? – Alex – 2013-08-20T16:54:28.457

@Alex Glad to hear, I'd suggest studying the LPI linux certification courses if you would like to learn more about Unix/Linux/Mac. http://www.lpi.org

– spuder – 2013-08-20T16:59:28.840

Thanks for the offer but not that professional. I want to have basic knowledge with kind of learning myself.A book??Or internet links? – Alex – 2013-08-20T17:03:31.327

Here is a wikibook http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LPI_Linux_Certification/Configure_Fundamental_BIOS_Settings and here is another book http://product.half.ebay.com/Running-Linux-by-Matt-Welsh-and-Matthias-Kalle-Dalheimer-2005-Paperback-Revised/49214492&tg=info This might be a good question to ask on superuser (Where can I learn about unix?)

– spuder – 2013-08-20T17:37:14.703

many thanks for the help. I might ask the question later.That is great and enough for me now. – Alex – 2013-08-20T17:50:21.693

They removed x11 support in OSX since Lion 10.7.x http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293

They suggest you to use this: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

I used once and it was working fine (connecting to lxde remote desktop)

mtt

Posted 2013-08-09T07:53:54.927

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I have XQuarts on it.It wont work – Alex – 2013-08-20T16:11:47.393

I suggest to reinstall the latest version of GSI-SSHTerm.

Ensure also that your client accepts the server's certificate, especially if the server is using a self-signed certificate. You may need to update your CA certificates files.

harrymc

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