Terminal and Widget Problems

I am running into an unusual problem with my computer. I used Terminal to allow my widgets to go to the desktop (witch did not work), but when I typed in the command it added the plus and arrow symbol (the same as when you go to widgets on your mac) to my main desktop. How do I fix this?
file://localhost/Users/student/Desktop/Screen%20Shot%202013-05-17%20at%201.10.18 %20PM.TIF

Fixed this issue by installing XQuartz. After this the DISPLAY environment variable is set to a value.
plb$ env | grep DIS
DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-fMUlob/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
plb$ ssh -Y oracle@grid1vm1
oracle@grid1vm1's password:
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
Last login: Wed Aug 8 17:58:09 2012 from 10.187.89.245
[oracle@grid1vm1 ~]$ env | grep DIS
DISPLAY=localhost:11.0
[oracle@grid1vm1 ~]$ xclock
XQuartz starts on the Mac and xclock now appears as it should in my Mac display.

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