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
> 
> 
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