On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Andy Gallant wrote:
I want to run X-Windows on my Vista Home Prem laptop. I've been trying to
make Cygwin work, but it was a struggle even to get it installed. I have
access to a Unix expert but he has never run Cygwin on Vista. Google (is my
friend (tm)) helped locate
Vicky, many thanks for information. In short, things I need to do can
now be made to work. Some details:
1. I installed Xming and worked with the Unix guru (who is also the
sysadmin and a developer for the project).
2. We used Logmein (free version) so he could fly my Vista laptop
remotely.
I want to run X-Windows on my Vista Home Prem laptop. I've been trying
to make Cygwin work, but it was a struggle even to get it installed. I
have access to a Unix expert but he has never run Cygwin on Vista.
Google (is my friend (tm)) helped locate hints to help get the Cygwin
package to