Don't take my word for it! :)
http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=xorg-x11-xwin%2Fxorg-x11
-xwin-6.8.99.901-1&grep=X
for the X-server;
http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
for the base packages.
The Cygwin X-server won't do multi-user without some hacks, though,
and then only on WinXP/Pro or a more-capable version of Vista. The
former (and probably the latter, but only if it's a capable-enough
version of Vista) has a program named 'runas.exe,' which will let U
impersonate another user if U have the account and password. If U set
up runas.exe in a shortcut in the Startup folder, U may be able to
launch the X-server (in full-screen mode) and have a startup script
(.bashrc, .profile, .bash_profile, etc.) that lets it start an
X-server. I haven't done any of this yet, because our customers are
rarely willing to let us have down time to fix their
multi-million-dollar broken machines if they can limp along, let alone
play around with possible tools. It's hardly as capable as an
X-server on a UNIX or Linux box, but it would do in a pinch.
U'll need to load the base packaqes, because just like the code in
/bin/ on a Linux box, there are certain utilities that almost all
other programs depend upon, but if U have to use MSWindows, this is
the way to go. As I said, however, nobody has yet ported xvnc to
Cygwin. I will probably do it at some point, but as I'm very busy
with my day job, it will definitely be a while.
Thx, Phil Long
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Seak, Teng-Fong
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:02 AM
To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
Subject: Re: VNC remote access when screen saver is active
You mean using Cygwin you might be able to emulate X-Win even in
a workstation version of Windows (ie multi-sessions under different
users)? I really doubt about it... I need to see in order to
believe.
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Long, Phillip GOSS
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sort of, but YMMV. There is a port of Linux tools to the Windows
> platform call Cygwin. I use it extensively, and one of the things I
> have considered doing is porting xvnc to it (the ports include X). It
> would be nice to have a different desktop than our full-screen
> application is using, because our customers can't always shut down for
> us to 'take over' using pcAnywhere or VNC. Unfortunately, what U want
> your team to see is probably Windows-native GUI applications, so this
> wouldn't work unless what they need to see are console applications,
> or Cygwin-ported X applications. Besides, porting xvnc is no small
> project; that's why I haven't done it yet!
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