Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:03:23 -0500 From: Ben Williams <benwilliams@instantemail.net> To: Pascal Giannakakis <capm@gmx.net> Cc: =?ISO-8859-15?B?QW5kcmVhcyBXaWRlcvhlIEFuZGVyc2Vu?= <awand@pragma.no>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: X server for Windows Message-ID: <992256554.20030131140323@instantemail.net> In-Reply-To: <3E3A7530.10301@gmx.net> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030131095322.00b38858@mail.pragma.no> <30228016049.20030131041408@instantemail.net> <3E3A7530.10301@gmx.net>
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Friday, January 31, 2003, 8:08:00 AM, you wrote: PG> Ben Williams schrieb: >> Friday, January 31, 2003, 3:55:02 AM, you wrote: >> >> AWA> Hi, >> AWA> I need to connect to my FreeBSD box from a Windows PC using some kind of X >> AWA> server for Windows. I was wondering if someone could be so kind and give me >> AWA> a few recommendations? >> >> AWA> I only need a simple server, no print or stuff - just the plain (vnc-like) >> AWA> thing. >> >> AWA> Thanks! >> AWA> /Andreas >> >> X-Win32 by Starnet is the nicest win32 X Server I've seen, but you have to >> buy it after the trial's up. >> >> If you're into hacking around at things a bit there's an X Server >> that'll run on cygwin (free) too. This is what I use. PG> Could you elaborate on Cygwin, please? Is there a tutorial on setup PG> available (for X-Server, not Cygwin)? I remember i tried this long time PG> ago, but couldn't manage to run it. Don't have time to look up my exact steps right now, but I believe all I needed to do was install the X stuff listed in the cygwin setup.exe I modified my startxwin.bat script to call wmaker as the window manager too cause IMO the default wm that comes with it (twm I think) sucks very much badly. The biggest issue I've had with using a cygwin X server is that it maintains a seperate clipboard so copy/paste between win32 and the X server involves an intermediate file. -- Ben mailto:benwilliams@instantemail.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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