On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:20:27 -0700 (MST), Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
I have CygwinX installed on a windoze XP machine. I actually use it every now and then to run an X app from a Linux box over ssh. It works OK for some stuff, other apps crash as soon as you click on anything. I think there are some tweaks and extra packages I might be missing. Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/
