I have displayed X11 windows from apps running on a Linux box on my Mac's X11 server, so I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I had to allow the remote host to connect using the xhost command, as I recall. -- Mark
On Apr 13, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Nathan Sims wrote: > On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Arno Hautala wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 15:03, Nathan Sims >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Is it possible to set up a Mac (OSX 10.6.7) to allow a Windows machine >>> running cygwin to display an X11 window on it over a LAN? I don't see >>> anything in System Preferences > Sharing concerning X11. >> >> I haven't tried this, so I'm not sure if there are any issues specific >> to Cygwin, but all you should need to do is connect to the Mac with >> "ssh -X". >> >> You'll probably have to first enable X11 Forwarding by editing >> /etc/sshd_config on the Mac: "X11Forwarding yes". >> >> And turn on Remote Login under System Preferences > Sharing so that >> you can log in through SSH. > > Thanks, Arno, I will try this. > - Nate > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
