# Plotting of Makie over and SSH connection using an OSX client

This is known to work when initiating the SSH connection for `Terminal` or `iTerm`. Using the terminal from VSCode `ssh-remote` requires extra steps.

Decent reference for troubleshooting.
[https://twiki.nevis.columbia.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/X11OnLaptops](https://twiki.nevis.columbia.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/X11OnLaptops)

1. Install [XQuartz](https://www.xquartz.org/)
1. On your mac run this command from the terminal ```defaults write org.xquartz.X11 enable_iglx -bool true```. Restart XQuartz if it was running, the setting only takes effect on next use.
1. SSH to the remote server using the `-X` and `-Y` options. The `-Y` is neccessary to establish trust between the remote server and your X server.
1. On the remote server verify that the `DISPLAY` variable is set automatically by SSH ```env|grep DISPLAY```.
1. On the remote server verify that OpenGL and associate tools/libaries are present ```sudo apt-get install glx-utils mesa-utils libgl1-mesa-glx```.
1. Start XQuartz on your Mac if it is not already running. Verify that you can forward an OpenGL application ```glxgears```.

If you run into issues initiate the SSH connection with verbose logging `-v` and try again.