Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 11:13:55 -0700 From: "Robert Westendorp" <rjwsys@uniserve.com> To: "Michael Sharp" <freebsd@ec.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Remote X Apps Message-ID: <013e01c2244f$b9c72e50$d3a1f4cc@rob> References: <20020705141340.562ac7d5.freebsd@ec.rr.com>
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You can't run X Apps under windows without an XWindows emulator. The best I've found is Cygwin.. it's great .. you can get Gnome for it and everything. Quite easy to install too :) www.cygwin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sharp" <freebsd@ec.rr.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: Remote X Apps > I'm on a Internal LAN, and want to run X apps from one of my win boxes. Heres the setup: > > Windows Box = 192.168.1.3 > FreeBSD Box = 192.168.1.2 > Router = 192.168.1.1 > > In sshd-config, I have: > > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > > The Xserver is started with -listen-tcp and echo $DISPLAY shows :0.0 > > Going to the win box, and using putty, I ssh to the FreeBSD Box ( I see no config option in putty so I assume it does X forwarding by Default ), and type: > > xterm & > > I get: Cannot connect to XServer > > If I do: > > export DISPLAY=192.168.1.3:0.0 > > and do: > > xterm & > > xterm starts, but on the FreeBSD Box. I know its insecure, but I also did: > > xhost +192.168.1.3 > > and it still dosent work. > > What am I missing? > > michael > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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