>I use:
>E:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c -l 'run bash -c -l "CYGWIN=server Xwin.exe :0 -query
>192.168.11.1 -from 192.168.11.2 -once -dpi 120 &" '
>If you don't have cygserver running you should delete CYGWIN=server, if you
>don't need larger fonts delete -dpi 120
Very interesting. Could you kindly
>> But I have this ugly console hanging around. When I kill it, it kills X as
>> well. Is there a way to have an icon that does not create a superfluous
>> console window?
>
>You could start an application (including xterm) which is initially
>iconified. That would move it out of sight. This sh
Thank you for the responses regarding "-sb -sl 6000".
I had a quick launch icon that would execute "startx" in bash but that does not
seem to use the startxwin.sh or startxwin.bat files. So I change my icon in my
quick launch bar to this:
C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe /usr/bin/X11/startxwin.sh
So th
>>On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 12:23 -0700, Siegfried Heintze (Aditi) wrote:
>> When I run startx it creates an xterm for me. But this xterm does not have a
>> scroll bar. I like to create xterms
>> with "-sl 3000 -sb" so I get lots of history. How can I make sta
When I run startx it creates an xterm for me. But this xterm does not have a
scroll bar. I like to create xterms with "-sl 3000 -sb" so I get lots of
history. How can I make startx create an xterm with these options?
Thanks,
siegfried
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>I used to use the following all the time to access my Windows machine
>remotely:
>ssh -f -L 5901:localhost:5900 -N -C -o Compression=yes -o
>CompressionLevel=9
>
>vncviewer &
>YMMV.
>Obviously, you need to make sure that the port ssh is using is open
>through any firewall.
>None of this is r
Thanks Dan and Rene! It works.
But now I just realized the obvious: Only X GUIS work and not windows.
Is this correct?
I assume I can tunnel rdesktop the same way I tunnel vnc? I guess I'll try
tunneling both vnc and rdesktop next.
Siegfried
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> > [snip]
> > Why does /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock still say "Error can't open display:"?
>
> That looks like an explicit unsetting of DISPLAY, i.e. somewhere, probably
your
> .profile/.bashrc/.bash_profile, has a "unset DISPLAY".
>
> Starting in Cygwin:
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> :0
> $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTE
[snip]
> > > However, I cannot seem to start an X session from my "ssh -X -p 892
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" session. I tried running "explorer ." and
that
> > > just hung. OK, that was not an X program. Then I tried
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock and it said it could not open the display.
Having
> >
I apologize if I had already posted this question. However, I did not see my
own posting and I assume it never made it to the mailing list.
I see from the posting below that you are using startx. H... I think
that is the command I use on Linux. I tried it on Win2003 server running
cygwin and t
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