How do you run an X program through putty? Ruben
On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 19:06, Theodore Ruegsegger wrote: > Marc Aylesworth wrote: > > > Also Cygwin has a X server that works on windows so there > > is X on Windows. > > A little-known but excellent X server for Windows is > XDeep/32. It's "freeware" (proprietary, but available as a > binary at no cost). Trivial to install and use: > > X-Deep/32 > http://www.pexus.com/ > > When I'm forced to use a Windows box (for example, by our > Citrix VPN when I connect to work from home), I run X apps > on my GNU servers and use XDeep/32 to display them on the > (Windows) Citrix server. I tunnel X through ssh thus: > > * Start XDeep; use the localhost (127.0.0.1) network > interface--it's the most conservative. Ssh will handle > getting the X traffic there. > > * For the ssh connection, use PuTTY (be sure to enable X > tunneling). Start any X application. It should "just > work", displaying neatly on the Windows box. > > * To have managed windows in XDeep, go to Options/Window > Modes: Multiple Window Modes and select Multiple MS Window > Mode. > > As with Exceed or any other X server, you won't see anything > on the desktop until you actually open an X client > application. > > Cygwin/X is, of course, Free (as in FLOSS). From the website, > it sounds a bit bigger than just an X server: > > Cygwin/X > http://x.cygwin.com/ > > A variant of Cygwin/X that's probably simpler to install is > > XWinLogon > http://www.calcmaster.net/visual-c++/xwinlogon/ > > Ted > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd_______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members