Everything John said is spot-on. However, you can launch CYGWIN/X
without the system tray icon. I usually ran it that way: The goal
was "X is always there" and I liked having one less thingy in the
systray.
Used to do this all the time, Matt. But that was when I had to use
Windows as my primary desktop. So ... lemme dig it up.
Found it ... launch CYGWIN/X with something like ...
XWin -ac -emulate3buttons -multiwindow -clipboard -notrayicon
I have one or two "wrapper" scripts around this. But if XWin is
properly installed, you should be able to run it in a CYGWIN shell
window. THEN set your DISPLAY=":0", export DISPLAY, and run 'ssh
-Y'.
The above options ... "-ac" turns off X security. YOU HAVE BEEN
WARNED. (There are other ways to secure it. Do so.)
"-emulate3buttons" is not needed if you have a third button.
"-multiwindow" means to let MS Windows manage the X windows
side-by-side. "-clipboard" lets you copy-n-paste between X and MS
Windows. (But remember that X has multiple cut buffers, so the effect
is not universal.) And "-notrayicon" I discussed at the top.
Enjoy!
-- R;
Rick Troth
Velocity Software
http://www.velocitysoftware.com/
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Dazzo, Matt <mda...@pch.com> wrote:
> I believe both Rich and John are correct in that Cygwin X server is NOT
> running on my Windows box. There is no X in the bottom right hand corner. So
> I tried starting it with command 'startxwin' and 'startx' and got command not
> found.
>
> When I launch Cygwin and enter 'printenv DISPLAY' I see no setting, so it
> looks like I have to enter export DISPLAY=:0.0
>
> It appeared that my install of cygwin ran ok on windows. Any ideas? Thanks
>
> MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~
> $ printenv DISPLAY
>
> MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~
> $ startx
> -bash: startx: command not found
>
> MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~
> $ startxwin
> -bash: startxwin: command not found
>
> MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown,
> John
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:46 AM
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: X11 Error
>
> Silly question from me, but do you have the Cygwin X server running on your
> Windows box? On my Windows/XP, on the bottom right of the screen are a bunch
> of icons. Once of which is a capital X in black with a red circle around the
> middle. This tells me that the X server is working. On the Windows box, I
> assume you're using a bash shell (looks like it). Try entering "printenv
> DISPLAY". My system comes back with "localhost:0.0". And I __did not__ need
> to set it like you did! When you logon to Linux, try issuing the command:
> "printenv DISPLAY" again. I get back: "localhost:11.0".
>
> I hope this was of some help to you.
>
> --
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On
>> Behalf Of Dazzo, Matt
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:23 AM
>> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
>> Subject: X11 Error
>>
>> I installed cygwin on my windows XP work station and
>> connecting to RHEL5.6 server. I can sign on but get the
>> following messages. This file /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 does not
>> existing my RHEL server or on windows cygwin /tmp. Any help
>> is appreciated. Thanks Matt
>>
>>
>> MATT@MATT ~
>> $ export DISPLAY=:0.0
>>
>> MATT@MATT ~
>> $ ssh -Y r...@xx.x.xx.xxx
>> r...@xx.x.xx.xxx's password:
>> Warning: No xauth data; using
>> fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
>> Last login: Wed Feb 22 15:31:34 2012 from xx.xx.x.xx
>> [root@lntest1 ~]# xclock
>> connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory
>> X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or
>> server shutdown).
>> [root@lntest1 ~]#
>>
>>
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