Re: [CGUYS] X-Windows on Vista

2008-10-17 Thread Vicky Staubly
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

Re: [CGUYS] X-Windows on Vista

2008-10-17 Thread Andy Gallant
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.

[CGUYS] X-Windows on Vista

2008-10-16 Thread Andy Gallant
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