# visualizing MNE remotely **URL:** \ **Category:** Mailing List Archive (read-only)\ **Tags:** list-archive\ **Created:** [April 24, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439 "2012-04-24T15:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439/1 "2012-04-24T15:51:34Z")
Hi All, I am trying to use MNE over an SSH from my Mac and it does not want to show the surfaces correctly. See the attached screenshot for what the surfaces look like (as you can see, a tiny bit of the occipital lobe is present, but the rest of the brain is absent). Any idea of how to fix this? Many thanks in advance. Best Wishes, Avniel -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screen Shot 2012-04-24 at 11.50.29 AM copy.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 86557 bytes Desc: Screen Shot 2012-04-24 at 11.50.29 AM copy.jpg Url : [http://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pipermail/mne\_analysis/attachments/20120424/f4cd3fab/attachment.jpg](http://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pipermail/mne_analysis/attachments/20120424/f4cd3fab/attachment.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439/2 "2012-04-24T16:02:42Z")
Hi Avniel, We experienced the same problem on a Linux server. It ended up being due to the graphics card hardware. Switching the graphics card resolved our problem. As you're on a Mac, you may not have this hardware flexibility, however. Perhaps someone else has had this experience with a Mac before? Tim. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439/3 "2012-04-24T16:38:08Z")
Thanks Tim, it is being run off of a linux server, though I am visualizing it remotely on my Mac. Unfortunately I probably do not have the option of changing the graphics card regardless, so another workaround would be ideal. Best Wishes, Avniel ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439/4 "2012-04-24T16:39:29Z")
Did you try vnc /remote desktop server? D Bardouille, Tim wrote: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439/5 "2012-04-24T16:53:40Z")
> Thanks Tim, it is being run off of a linux server, though I am visualizing it remotely on my Mac. Unfortunately I probably do not have the option of changing the graphics card regardless, so another workaround would be ideal. Hi Avniel, Do you have remote access to the file systems the data are on from your Mac? If this is the case you could run the GUI programs locally on your Mac and access the data remotely. All batch analysis would be done on the server still. - Matti ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/visualizing-mne-remotely/439/6 "2012-04-24T18:31:08Z")
> Do you have remote access to the file systems the data are on from your Mac? If this is the case you could run the GUI programs locally on your Mac and access the data remotely. All batch analysis would be done on the server still. you can use expandrive [1] to mount a drive via ssh. It's pretty neat. Alex [1] [http://www.expandrive.com/](http://www.expandrive.com/)