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Re: Cygwin X display through SSH


On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Alan Ning wrote:

> Hi there
> 
> I have a Window XP laptop running Cygwin's sshd. And I ssh to laptop 
> using another XP school machine running Cygwin X. I would like to 
> display X graphics (emacs, gvim...) on my school machine.
> 
> So in a sense, I am doing this: (i am not sure if I am saying it right)
> 1. Cygwin X server on school machine
> 2. sshd on window xp laptop
> 2. ssh in window xp laptop from school machine
> 3. run emacs, and have it display on school machine.
> 
> I have tried it, but I can't get it to display even with X forwarding. 
> Is there something I need to setup for sshd? Does this even work at all?

The FAQ has an entry on running X11 with ssh

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-ssh-no-x11forwarding

Most problems are covered there.

bye
	ago
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