You need an X server to handle the incoming X11 requests. The forwarding you see on putty or secureCRT just means that the packets go through the ssh connection and are therefore encrypted. You still need an X server to do anything with them.
There are the commercial solutions... You can't beat eXceed, but it is pretty pricey... What I do when I need something like this in a pinch is grab an Xserver off of tucows. There are various shareware ones that work really well for blasting a terminal back to you, without all the bells a whistles of eXceed (that you would never use anyway). -e On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, John Hunter wrote: > > Anyone here have experience with X11 forwarding on MS windows? In my > brief research, I have found a couple of commercial solution (eXceed > and Xwin32) and xfree86 has a cygwin port. putty has an X11 > forwarding option, but I assume you need X11 installed on windows to > use this. Does this mean you need the whole cygwin and the X11 port > to cygwin, or is there a lighter solution? > > I would like to have something to take with me on the road, so I > prefer an easy install and small footprint. Ideally, something where > I can show up at a friend's house with a CD, run an install wizard, > and do X11 forwarding. > > Comments and suggestions welcome, > John Hunter > > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > _____________________________________________________________________________ <majcher> icky is like a shadowy hit man, that nobody ever sees, and can only contact through some strange process. _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
