[mesa-users] PGPLOT /xw: cannot connect to X server

[Brian Mulligan]

Make sure you ssh with X11 enabled. The errors below are exactly what 
will happen if you don't.

ssh -XY username at remotemachine.edu

     -Brian

On 09/19/14 16:56, Jacqueline Goldstein wrote:
> I am trying to access MESA-r6794 remotely: ssh -Y username at remotemachine.edu
> MESA runs successfully on both machines locally.
> When I use my laptop to run MESA on the remote machine, i get the following error regarding PGPLOT.
>
> ###
> PGPLOT /xw: cannot connect to X server []
>
> PGSTAR: failed to open /xwin
>
>   please check that X Window System is running
>   and that you have set the environment variables
>   DISPLAY :0
>   PGPLOT_DEV /xwin
>   and also that you have set PGPLOT_DIR and PGPLOT_FONT
>
>   Abundance ierr          -1
>   init_pgstar ierr          -1
>   onScreen_Plots ierr          -1
>   update_pgstar_plots ierr          -1
> ###
>
> Here are some echoes:
> kleiner:1M_pre_ms_to_wd jgoldstein$ echo $DISPLAY
> 0
> kleiner:1M_pre_ms_to_wd jgoldstein$ echo $PGPLOT_DEV
> /xwin
> kleiner:1M_pre_ms_to_wd jgoldstein$ echo $PGPLOT_DIR
> /Applications/mesasdk/pgplot
> kleiner:1M_pre_ms_to_wd jgoldstein$ echo $PGPLOT_FONT
>
> I have also tried running from the remote machine making sure x11 was already running on my local machine.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jacqueline
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