X11 connection error in Mac
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Typically, I log into my remote server/cluster via “ssh -X” and from there launch R program for plotting. But it always shows an error asWant to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't.
unable to open connection to X11 display ”
after a while, when you want to call functions such as plot().
This is very annoying. So that I have to exit the server and re-login again.
Does this sound familiar for you?
Here is the solution I found via website below:
http://b.kl3in.com/2012/01/x11-display-forwarding-fails-after-some-time/
Two ways to solve this:
ForwardX11Timeout 596h
2. use “ssh -Y
2. use “ssh -Y
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