On Dec 13, 2014, at 8:41 PM, Erling Westenvik wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 07:12:07PM -0600, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: >> I can't seem to figure out how to startx over ssh. I seem to be >> getting closer, but not sure where the problem lays. I'm connecting >> to an OpenBSD 5.6 box from an iMac. It really isn't necessary but Its >> bugging me that I can't figure it out. > > Its not quite clear what you try to achieve: > > 1. An X session running on and displayed on the OpenBSD box but remotely > started from your Imac? In that case I believe you should not use ssh > -X. > > 2. An X session running on the OpenBSD box, but displayed locally on the > display on your iMac? In that case I believe you will need a separate X > server (like Xephyr or Xnest) running on your iMac and to which whatever > clients on the OpenBSD box you want to run, can connect back to. > > I'm looking for solutions to the latter scenario myself. The last > software I tried was remmina (in packages) but performance, at least > with my hardware, was terrible. > > Regards, > > Erling > >
Option 2 is what I'm looking for. Looks like you are correct after looking through /usr/X11/bin and /usr/X11R6/bin on the mac there is no xserver.
