[RLUG] ssh and xwindows : M$ to a linux box

[Sebastian Smith]

Eggs-actly.

I've also tried tightvnc.  It was a pretty brainless setup.

- Sebastian


On Mon, 8 May 2006, Brandon Mitchell wrote:

> FreeNX? Good times...
>
> http://freenx.berlios.de/
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> On 5/8/06, Sebastian Smith <ssmith at cse.unr.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> > I have managed to configure my router and firewalls to allow me to ssh
>> > into my
>> > office PC from outside the office.  I get a nice terminal window that
>> > allows me
>> > to do most of the command line things you'd expect.  Unfortunately I
>> > also need to
>> > be able to run X Windows to access certain things that require a GUI.
>> >
>> > So far I have not been able to figure out how to do that on a M$ box.
>> >
>> > I can run PUTTY and get in just fine but I have not been able to figure
>> > out how
>> > to run X.  And yes I did enable X11 Forwarding inside of PUTTY.  But I
>> > seem to still
>> > be  missing something.
>> >
>> > When I try running startx I get message of "User not authorized"  which
>> > doesn't make sense.
>> >
>> > even xterm  gives me message of Can't open display.
>> >
>> > I've tried resetting the DISPLAY variable but then the cursor just sits
>> > blinking at me.
>> >
>> 
>> Cygwin may be able to do what you require, but it will be _slow_.  Not
>> just slow due to Cygwin, X is bulky and doesn't forward over the Internet
>> well.  I suggest that you investigate a Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
>> solution.  There are several open source, cross platform solutions on the
>> market.  Some can be run with reasonable performance over a dialup
>> connection.  Let me know if you need more info.  I'd be happy to research
>> the topic more.
>> 
>> - Sebastian
>> 
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