libGL error when using SSH and X forwarding with MacOS

Weijun GaoPosted on Posted in Cluster Info, Linux Shell

If you use MacOS and “ssh -X” or “ssh -Y” to access the cluster, and you see the following error messages when start a GUI application on the cluster: 

libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Running the following command after starting a Slurm session may fix the problem: 
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1