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Re: Cygwin X display through SSH
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:39:56 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Cygwin X display through SSH
- References: <426665AE.8040109@gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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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