Linux Xterm from Windows
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
This shows you how you can access Linux Xterm from Windows using Putty & Cygwin.
Open Cygwin, and execute /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat. This will start your local X-Server. You may use any other equivalent X-Server too.
Then, open & configure Putty as follows:
Connection > SSH > X11: Check "Enable X11 forwarding"
Thats it! The XTerm is enabled. Open the remote machine prompt using putty.
Tips:
When installing Cygwin for the first time, setup.exe does not install every package. Only the minimal base packages from the cygwin distribution are installed by default. You can add Cygwin/X to your installation by running setup, and selecting the 'xorg-x11-base' package from the 'X11' category.
Helpful resources:
Cygwin/X
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Posted bySeshu Karthick at 9:52 AM
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