have cygwin/XFree86 running ... but need help connecting remotely
Greetings ... Okay, I know I should be able to understand this from the documentation, but I don't ... I've installed CygwinXFree86 on my windows box ... I can double-click the shortcut on the desktop to run the program, and I can run startxwin.sh, startx, etc. ... but how do i connect to a remote box? I want to connect to a linux box on my network, and I'm puzzled about how to make that happen. Can anyone provide this elementary help to me? Thanks in advance, kenn
beinnner frustration ...
okay, i've read the user manual and the FAQ and still can't figure out how to get started ... please feel free to tell me to RTFM, but please oh please help me figure out WHAT and WHERE to read :-) anyway, i installed xfree86/cygwin and i have an icon on my windows desktop to prove it ... how the heck do i connect to the linux box on my network, and login with one of my linux usernames, and run X on my windows box? i hate to feel stupid ... someone PLEASE point me in the direction of a document i can understand. thanks, kenn
Re: beinnner frustration ...
no, i found that section, but was confused by it (sorry!) ... it looked like a linux-style syntax, so i tried entering it at the $ prompt in cygwin ... but it could not find the program ... so i tried to find that program as a windows command (such as the .exe extension would indicate) and i couldn't find that, either ... a search of the windows box turned up no programs named xwin.exe ... so there's no telling what i've done (or failed to do) any ideas? - Original Message - From: Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: beinnner frustration ... Kenn, You must have missed the most relevant section of the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html Harold Kenn Murrah wrote: okay, i've read the user manual and the FAQ and still can't figure out how to get started ... please feel free to tell me to RTFM, but please oh please help me figure out WHAT and WHERE to read :-) anyway, i installed xfree86/cygwin and i have an icon on my windows desktop to prove it ... how the heck do i connect to the linux box on my network, and login with one of my linux usernames, and run X on my windows box? i hate to feel stupid ... someone PLEASE point me in the direction of a document i can understand. thanks, kenn
Re: beinnner frustration ...
Harold: I'm doing that now ... thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction. kennM - Original Message - From: Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:39 PM Subject: Re: beinnner frustration ... Kenn, You have not installed Cygwin/XFree86. You need to run Cygwin's setup.exe again (you do not need to uninstall Cygwin, setup is smart enough to download only the new packages), and you need to be sure to expand the XFree86 category and select the XFree86-base package. You can then start Cygwin/XFree86 by double-clicking the startxwin.bat file that should reside in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat. After you have that working, you can make a copy of startxwin.bat, being sure to leave it in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin, REM out the lines that start xterm, twm, and xsetroot, then change add the -query parameter to the line that starts XWin.exe, as described in the user's guide. Harold Kenn Murrah wrote: no, i found that section, but was confused by it (sorry!) ... it looked like a linux-style syntax, so i tried entering it at the $ prompt in cygwin ... but it could not find the program ... so i tried to find that program as a windows command (such as the .exe extension would indicate) and i couldn't find that, either ... a search of the windows box turned up no programs named xwin.exe ... so there's no telling what i've done (or failed to do) any ideas? - Original Message - From: Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: beinnner frustration ... Kenn, You must have missed the most relevant section of the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html Harold Kenn Murrah wrote: okay, i've read the user manual and the FAQ and still can't figure out how to get started ... please feel free to tell me to RTFM, but please oh please help me figure out WHAT and WHERE to read :-) anyway, i installed xfree86/cygwin and i have an icon on my windows desktop to prove it ... how the heck do i connect to the linux box on my network, and login with one of my linux usernames, and run X on my windows box? i hate to feel stupid ... someone PLEASE point me in the direction of a document i can understand. thanks, kenn
