Everything John said is spot-on. However, you can launch CYGWIN/X without the system tray icon. I usually ran it that way: The goal was "X is always there" and I liked having one less thingy in the systray.
Used to do this all the time, Matt. But that was when I had to use Windows as my primary desktop. So ... lemme dig it up. Found it ... launch CYGWIN/X with something like ... XWin -ac -emulate3buttons -multiwindow -clipboard -notrayicon I have one or two "wrapper" scripts around this. But if XWin is properly installed, you should be able to run it in a CYGWIN shell window. THEN set your DISPLAY=":0", export DISPLAY, and run 'ssh -Y'. The above options ... "-ac" turns off X security. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. (There are other ways to secure it. Do so.) "-emulate3buttons" is not needed if you have a third button. "-multiwindow" means to let MS Windows manage the X windows side-by-side. "-clipboard" lets you copy-n-paste between X and MS Windows. (But remember that X has multiple cut buffers, so the effect is not universal.) And "-notrayicon" I discussed at the top. Enjoy! -- R; Rick Troth Velocity Software http://www.velocitysoftware.com/ On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Dazzo, Matt <mda...@pch.com> wrote: > I believe both Rich and John are correct in that Cygwin X server is NOT > running on my Windows box. There is no X in the bottom right hand corner. So > I tried starting it with command 'startxwin' and 'startx' and got command not > found. > > When I launch Cygwin and enter 'printenv DISPLAY' I see no setting, so it > looks like I have to enter export DISPLAY=:0.0 > > It appeared that my install of cygwin ran ok on windows. Any ideas? Thanks > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > $ printenv DISPLAY > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > $ startx > -bash: startx: command not found > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > $ startxwin > -bash: startxwin: command not found > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown, > John > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:46 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: X11 Error > > Silly question from me, but do you have the Cygwin X server running on your > Windows box? On my Windows/XP, on the bottom right of the screen are a bunch > of icons. Once of which is a capital X in black with a red circle around the > middle. This tells me that the X server is working. On the Windows box, I > assume you're using a bash shell (looks like it). Try entering "printenv > DISPLAY". My system comes back with "localhost:0.0". And I __did not__ need > to set it like you did! When you logon to Linux, try issuing the command: > "printenv DISPLAY" again. 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Thanks Matt >> >> >> MATT@MATT ~ >> $ export DISPLAY=:0.0 >> >> MATT@MATT ~ >> $ ssh -Y r...@xx.x.xx.xxx >> r...@xx.x.xx.xxx's password: >> Warning: No xauth data; using >> fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. >> Last login: Wed Feb 22 15:31:34 2012 from xx.xx.x.xx >> [root@lntest1 ~]# xclock >> connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory >> X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or >> server shutdown). >> [root@lntest1 ~]# >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO >> LINUX-390 or visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ -- -- R; Rick Troth Velocity Software http://www.velocitysoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/