On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Chris Green wrote: > Maarika, > > Please reply to the list, then everyone can help and learn. > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:11:10PM +0200, Maarika Traat wrote: > > You shouldn't need any more packages assuming you have downloaded the > > default set. > > > > ---------------------------- > > Yes, but in that case do you know what might be the problem, why the > > window of Mozilla fails to come up? > > -----------------------------
I wonder if this is the issue with untrusted X forwarding (i.e., <http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-ssh-no-x11forwarding>)? > We need more information:- > What system you are running Cygwin/X on > What system you are running mozilla on > What commands you are running > What error messages you are seeing (if any) > What's in the Cygwin/X error log > > > I run my whole Linux desktop on my Windows PC without problems using > > Cygwin/X (and xdm on the remote Linux system). > > ------------------------------- > > You mean, you use the XDMCP option of connecting to the remote system. > > Yes. > > > I did not get very far when reading about this option. I just learned > > that it was considered very unsecure and to be something to be used > > only in the bounds of a local network. I may be completely mistaken. I > > I am using it within a LAN, it's not a practical proposition do do it > over a larger/slower network. Turns out it's possible to use ssh X forwarding to run XDMCP over ssh. I'll give the same advice I gave a year and a half ago (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-06/msg00201.html>), but with a twist: remove the quotes from the Google search string for a really cool XDMCP over ssh recipe. See below for the slower network comment. > > tried to use XDMCP, and had the screen come up, but there was no > > option to log in or to open any menus or terminals... There was > > clearly something wrong about it the way it came up on my PC. > > The remote (client) needs to be running xdm (or a dolled up version > such as wdm, kdm or gdm) as well and it needs to be configured right. In addition, there's a whole XDMCP section in FAQ: <http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#xdmcp>. But if you tunnel it through ssh, XDMCP isn't really running on the Cygwin/X server anyway. > Having seen this second question of yours, are you trying to run > mozilla across an ADSL or similar connection? I very occasionally do > this but it's very, very, slow - like it can take minutes for the > display to update, I only do it if I absolutely have to. If you do use ssh X forwarding, ssh compression may help. You can turn it up to +C9. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/