Extension "RANDR" missing on display when displaying RHEL 6 or 7 X11 applications on Mac OS X X11/Windows

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The user is getting following warning messages when trying to open an X11 application on a remote Apple X11 session or on a Windows X server tool(Reflection X). The application starts up and is usable but it prints the following warning message to console:
Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "localhost:<X>.<X>".
  • The same applications from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 systems do not throw the same warning message.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7 (Server side)
  • Apple Mac OS X X11 or Windows Reflection X(Host Side)

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