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

[Dennis Bagley]

Ok thanks - I'll investigate that after I return from my trip in two weeks.


Dennis

Sebastian Smith wrote:
> 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/
>>
>> 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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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem.
>> UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity.
>>
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