Thanks! Great advice. I've got the VNC suggestion working. But, it would be cooler to do it the SSH/X11 way. I'm just a little reluctant to install the Cygwin stuff on all my Windows boxes. Is there any other way to do this, like in an SSH client like PuTTY ?? Or do I really need a Windows Xserver?
-- Mark -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Nicolai O'Rear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stefan O'Rear Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 3:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: newbie Xlib install/configure question On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 02:36:17PM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > OK - so I am pretty slow at this Linux/X11 stuff. I've got X running on > my server (debian01) at this point. And I can open an Xterm using the > local monitor/keyboard on debian01. But, this server is on a rack in a > closet in my basement. The machines in my office are all Windows PCs. > I guess that I've figured out that I can't run an X session over the > network using my PuTTY SSH Client! > > So, how can I open an X session with my debian01 server from a Windows > client? > > Thanks, > > Mark Two ways to do this. > Maybe if you install Cygwin and XFree under Windows: > http://x.cygwin.com/ > 1. the SSH/X11 way Get a windows Xserver. cygwin$ X :0 & cygwin$ DISPLAY=:0 ssh -X debian01 debian01$ xterm& You will get X11 windows on your Windows desktop. 2. the TCP X11 way Get a windows Xserver. cygwin$ X :0 & cygwin$ ssh debian01 debian01$ DISPLAY=winblowsbox:0 xterm& You will get X11 windows on your Windows desktop. 3. the VNC way debian01$ sudo apt-get install vncserver debian01$ Xvnc :1 -geometry 1024x768 & C:\> "C:\Program Files\SomeVNC\SomeVNC.exe" select <debian-box-ip>:1 You will get X11 windows in a VNC window > > snippage > > You tried to run an complete X session. For this you need the X server > to be installed. I don't even know if it works like this over SSH at > all. No, by default startx looks for /usr/bin/X, which (by debian policy) is an Xserver that talks to the keyboard/monitor/mouse connected to the computer X was run on. > > What have I done wrong? Can I run X11 over an SSH connection from a > > MS Windows machine? > > Perhaps you could use VNC instead. Or use SSH X forwarding (solution #1) If you want the minimum work, I'd suggest #3. Windows VNC clients are fairly easy to come by. -- The world's most effective spam filter: ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
