Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:54:28 +0100 From: dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome & FreeBSD from putty Message-ID: <200709231754.28312.freebsd01@dgmm.net> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750709230935i72184555qc6aaefa77e07ff04@mail.gmail.com> References: <200709231331.l8NDVQaS030595@sonic.gv.net> <200709231613.01830.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <26ddd1750709230935i72184555qc6aaefa77e07ff04@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 23 September 2007, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > Not true. Install Cygwin/X on your local machine > (http://x.cygwin.com/), configure PuTTY to forward X11 packets, login > to the server and run firefox. Depending on your exact configuration, > you may need to tinker with the settings a bit. Usually, however, it > works with no additional effort. Agreed! As a complete noob to running remote apps, I had it going in minutes from a WinXP laptop with putty/cygwin/X. As you say, just tick/check the X11 forwarding box in Putty. Although the OP mentioned Gnome. Not sure if you could run a whole desktop over it or even if that would be desirable. -- Dave
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