Xming is a free MSWindows X server without the overhead of cygwin
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming
It can automatically use PuTTY's plink.exe utility to start up
SSH-tunnelled X sessions.
I've recently started to be convinced that msys + xming is all the
*nix compatibility I need on an MS box.
-A
On 11/13/06, Dan Lund <
situationalawareness@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, but you have to purchase that.
> Cygwin is downloadable, but yes, Exceed is another alternative.
>
> On 11/13/06, Roderick Ford <r.ford@cox.net> wrote:
> > You need a local X server like Exceed (Hummingbird).
> >
> > Dan Lund wrote:
> > > xnest is a linux app and putty is ssh, so you'd need to do x11
> > > forwarding through ssh and have an X11 server running locally to
> > > accept the x11 forwarding.
> > > So quick answer: no.
> > > More complicated answer: cygwin with ssh would do what you need.
> > >
> > > On 11/13/06, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> You have my curiosity up. I looked at the man page and I cannot determin
> > >> how you would use this command.
> > >>
> > >> I am using putty to shell into my linux dev box that is right next to me.
> > >> Can I use Xnest to use X in my putty shell session?
> > >>
> > >> Keith
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Nathan England <nathan@paysonlinux.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> And if I ever learned how to type, you'd actually believe me!
> > >> Seriously, the correct answer:
> > >>
> > >> Xnest -query machine.name :1
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sorry guys for all the lame posts, but in case someone else wants to know, I
> > >> had to post the correct way to do it.
> > >>
> > >> nathan
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Monday 13 November 2006 09:04, Nathan England wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> All,
> > >>>
> > >>> I am trying to remote X to another machine, but I want to do it in a
> > >>> window. I swear I have done this before many times, I only type
> > >>>
> > >>> X -query machine.name :0.1
> > >>>
> > >>> But it keeps telling me 0 is already in use, 1 works, but on another vt, I
> > >>> want it displayed in a window, I cannot remember how to do this.
> > >>> Any help?
> > >>>
> > >>> nathan
> > >> - - - - - - -
> > >> Keith Smith
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