OK - so I am pretty slow at this Linux/X11 stuff. I've got X running on my server (debian01) at this point. And I can open an Xterm using the local monitor/keyboard on debian01. But, this server is on a rack in a closet in my basement. The machines in my office are all Windows PCs. I guess that I've figured out that I can't run an X session over the network using my PuTTY SSH Client!
So, how can I open an X session with my debian01 server from a Windows client? Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andreas Janssen Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: newbie Xlib install/configure question Hello Mark D. Hansen (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I've been running a debian server for a while with no X11. I access > it from SSH on a MS Windows machine. Now, I want to be able to use > X11. So, I installed xlibs (apt-get install xlibs). It installed OK, > but I can't run "startx". I get the following: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such > file or directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: exec: > /usr/bin/X11/X: cannot execute: No such file or directory giving up. > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X > server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): unexpected signal 2. You tried to run an complete X session. For this you need the X server to be installed. I don't even know if it works like this over SSH at all. > What have I done wrong? Can I run X11 over an SSH connection from a > MS Windows machine? Maybe if you install Cygwin and XFree under Windows: http://x.cygwin.com/ Perhaps you could use VNC instead. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]