On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Nathan Given wrote:
> If it is possible, I'd like to:
>
> 1) Install X11 stuff (I don't know how)
Do you have apt-get or yum installed? If so, it's pretty easy--you should
be able to "apt-get/yum install" the program you want to run over remote
X, and if it needs any X11 packages it should (AFAICT) download them
automatically.
> 2) Set up putty so it works (I don't know how)
There's a setting in putty somewhere that's something like "activate X11
forwarding". Unfortunately, you'll also need an X server for Windows. A
quick Google search came up with this list:
StarNet's X-Win32 (commercial)
http://www.starnet.com
MicroImages MI/X for Windows (commercial, but very cheap; free demo.)
http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix
X server: Cygwin's XFree port to win32 (open source)
http://www.cygwin.com/xfree
Xserver: fwx (a much smaller, dustier project)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fwx
The only one I've ever used is the MI/X demo. Others might have had good
results with others and might have other suggestions for you.
Ross
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