On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 9:09 PM James Linder <j...@tigger.ws> wrote: > > > > > On 15 Feb 2021, at 9:41 am, Tong Sun <suntong...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Was everything OK before you swap XQuartz with xorg? > > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 6:48 PM James <j...@tigger.ws> wrote: > >> > >> I decided to use org rather than XQuartz > >> > >> But a check shows > >> > >> ssh sandypit > >> > >> [sandypit] /home/jam [1001]% xeyes > >> Error: Can't open display: > >> > >> I have enabled auth > >> ssh_config > >> … > >> Host * > >> SendEnv LANG LC_* > >> XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth > >> > >> Any hints please > >> James > > It is a long story: > > Long ago with this macbook and catelina and XQuarts everything worked > > After trying to build mythtv, which uses lots of macports, chaos reigned > multiple “MacOS - Data” partitions, some with a utf char delimiter, some > with “1”, some with “2” > > I reinstalled catilina after reading “how to get rid of multiple Dsta > partitions. (DiskUtil on install) > now /Applications is mostly bare, ~Application does not exist and a new > xorg-server install does not work, and to compound matters I have even more > Data partitions.
I thought so. Just FYI, I have no problem using any X apps from macports, even via ssh. So get your environment straight first. This is not a macports problem (and this might not be the best place to solve all of your remaining problems).