RE: Running remote programs locally

["Andrew Clarke" <spam at clarke dot ca>]

Thanks Harold.  This is a good link.  I'd looked at it at first but with
a bit more experience and context under my belt it made more sense the
second time around!

- Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 09:26
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Running remote programs locally


Unless you *really* know what you are doing, in which case you are on 
your own, then you are doing the wrong thing with ssh and X clients. 
The proper procedure is described in the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-ap
ps-ssh

Harold

Andrew Clarke wrote:

> Hi.  I'm new to cygwin although I've been using Unix/Linux on and off
> for several years.  I have the full cygwin-xfree package loaded and
I'm 
> trying to ssh into my Linux computer and run applications locally.
So, 
> this is the process I go through:
> 
> Start bash shell
> Run 'xwin &'
> When it comes up, I 'ssh linuxcomputer' and enter my password Through 
> vncserver at my root prompt of my linux computer, I type 'xhost
> +windowscomputer'.  I did the same with my windows computer's IP 
> +address
> just to be sure.
>  >From the xwin ssh window to my linux computer, I type something 
> simple
> like 'xterm -display windowscomputer:0' and I get the following error:
> 
> Xlib: Connection to "windowscomputer:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> I think I got xterm to work once a few days ago but since I don't have
> it working now I'm not even sure about that.  I have never been able
to 
> get anything like Mozilla or Evolution to run though.
> 
> This is supposed to work, right?  Does anybody have any ideas about 
> what
> I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> - Andrew Clarke.
> 
>