startx problem on Win-XP

[Harold L Hunt II]

Chuck,

Charles E. Cooper wrote:

> I've also been struggling to get a useable windows system.
> I use cygwin to log into Sun systems.
> 
> I tried the startxwin.bat method and get a window up, but it won't let 
> me redirect remote windows back to my Windows platform.

If you are doing this via telnet or ssh without the "-X" parameter, then 
you need to run "xhost remotemachine_ip_or_dns_name" to allow 
connections from that machine to your local X Server.

This method is not secure and is not recommended, but here is how to do 
it if you really want to know:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-apps-telnet

>         I then ssh into the sun machine
>         setenv DISPLAY machinename:0.0
>         textedit filename

That is silly.  ssh supports "tunneling" X apps, which sends them over a 
secure and optionally compressed (with the "-C" parameter) channel. 
Here is how to use it:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-apps-ssh

> as I can do when I use "startx"
> 
> I basically don't like the "twm" window manager, but haven't figure out 
> how to start something better.

You really need to use startxwin.bat... it uses the "multi-window window 
manager" by default, which uses Windows as the window manager.  Here is 
how to use startxwin.bat:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting-bat


Finally, run setup.exe again and make sure that you have the latest 
packages.  Let setup.exe determine what has been updated and let it 
install whatever it selects automatically.


Harold