Using XWin.exe to connect to a linux X Server

[Reid Thompson]

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 09:38 -0500, jose isaias cabrera wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > DISPLAY on the Linux box must be set to the IP address of the cygwin box.
> Hmmmm...
> 
> > But DISPLAY on the cygwin box must be set to either localhost or the IP 
> > address of this machine.
> Ok, this one was set to d-tuxedo, which I did not change.  But I just set it 
> back to localhost:0.0 and still happens.
> 
> > You also must have some method to communicate between both machines. I 
> > always used telnet as it was all locally done. You can also take SSH if 
> > you do not know who else listens between.
> I do.  I am able to connect to d-tuxedo through ssh, etc.  I just want to 
> use X with cygwin to get to it.
> 
try ssh -Y ${username}@d-tuxedo

or ssh -X ${username}@d-tuxedo

and then try to start an xterm

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