XDMCP brain fart

[Dan Lund]

Thanks for the info, I've never heard of this before.  It looks like
it might prove to be an interesting thing to check out.

On 11/13/06, Alex LeDonne <aledonne.listmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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