I've had good success with cygwin/X. This is a *NIX-like shell running on top of Windows. All *NIX OS calls are translated through the cygwin.dll.
You can get a complete X-window login by modifying some Windows batch files to authenticate against a Linux box running an X server. About 3 years ago, some X programs would not run properly, but now it is much more stable and mature. It requires a minimum ~350MB installation, because you have to install all the support libraries and tools as well. Fred > On Mon, 08 May 2006 10:38:05 -0700, Dennis Bagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have managed to configure my router and firewalls to allow me to ssh > > into my > > office PC from outside the office. I get a nice terminal window that > > allows me > > to do most of the command line things you'd expect. Unfortunately I > > also need to > > be able to run X Windows to access certain things that require a GUI. > > > > So far I have not been able to figure out how to do that on a M$ box. > > > > I can run PUTTY and get in just fine but I have not been able to figure > > out how > > to run X. And yes I did enable X11 Forwarding inside of PUTTY. But I > > seem to still > > be missing something. > > > > When I try running startx I get message of "User not authorized" which > > doesn't make sense. > > > > even xterm gives me message of Can't open display. > > > > I've tried resetting the DISPLAY variable but then the cursor just sits > > blinking at me. > > > > > > Would someone please help point me in the right direction? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
