On Jan 24, 2021, at 21:15, Tong Sun wrote: > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:30 PM Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On Jan 24, 2021, at 18:01, Tong Sun wrote: >> >>> For any Xserver in host, I normally just do the following in the >>> docker container >>> >>> export DISPLAY=':0' >>> xterm & >>> >>> and I'll be all set. >>> >>> However, I found that it is not the case for Xserver from macport, as >>> I see my DISPLAY in my host is >>> >>> DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.DiHpGrxgFr/org.macports:0 >>> >>> How can I share that with my docker container? >> >> I'm not sure. Did you try first starting the X server on your Mac, and then >> doing what you did before in Docker? > > I'm very new to both Mac and macport. how to start the X server on Mac? > > I used macport to install xorg-server, then tried to start xterm. > xterm started fine, meaning my xorg-server started fine, > then I checked the DISPLAY in xterm, which is the above value.
Starting any X11 program, such as xterm, will start the X11 server. Or you can manually launch /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app. Now that X11.app is running on macOS, what happens if you try to use X11 from your Docker container, with DISPLAY set to ":0"?