X11 on raspberry

This is how I set up X11 on Raspberry server to serve individual windows to a Mac OSX client.

Any program you run on the Pi server that has a GUI should be piped to the display of your mac client.

Install XQuartz on OSX

• Install stalls at about 80%, be patient
• Requires logout and login
• Download here

ssh to Raspberry using ‘-X’

ssh -X pi@10.16.79.145

On Raspberry server

• This allows ‘sudo python’ to work with things like Tk()

   sudo cp ~/.Xauthority ~root/
  

• This tells X11 on the Pi server to send its windows to your mac client (when you remote ssh with -X)

   export DISPLAY="127.0.0.1:10.0"
  

Check that xeyes works

• install

   sudo apt-get install x11-apps
  

• run

   xeyes&
   xclock&
   leafpad&
  

If this doesn’t work

• open up X11 to everybody

    xhost +
  

Run Arduino ide

/usr/bin/arduino&