On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Chris Green wrote: > Is it possible to run any of the cygwin/X programs that require to > display something other than in the console window without running a > local X server of some sort? If it isn't possible with the default > set up is there any workaround? It would be good for example to be > able to run GUI editor windows (e.g. xvile for cygwin) without having > to run an X desktop.
Not really. gvim does such a thing. It has a fallback to tty if X11 is failing. But it must be prepared in the program. > > I have looked back in the mailing list archives at the earlier thread > and reminded myself how I eventually overcame the 'catch 22' problem > of not being able to run xhost because it wanted permission to write > on the display which needed xhost to run to allow it to. Is the > /etc/X0.hosts file format described or documented anywhere? It is referenced in man xhost. But the format is quite simple. One allowed host per line. > it would be good to have this in the FAQ at least because it's a > lifesaver! I will not put this to the faq since its a big security hole and should only be used if there is no other way. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723