Displaying X windows applications on a Windows desktop: Difference between revisions

From Edgar BV Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
Setting the X11 display to show X applications under Win2k
Setting the X11 display to show X applications under Win2k


Start up X-Win32 and an XDMCP session
Start up X-Win32 / Xming and an XDMCP session. Make sure the server you are going to run the application from has permissions in the X-server (for Xming it's in the X0.hosts file)


on the machine you're running stuff off:
Putty into the machine you're running stuff off:


export DISPLAY=YOUR IP:0
export DISPLAY=YOUR IP:0

Revision as of 08:17, 5 October 2007

Setting the X11 display to show X applications under Win2k

Start up X-Win32 / Xming and an XDMCP session. Make sure the server you are going to run the application from has permissions in the X-server (for Xming it's in the X0.hosts file)

Putty into the machine you're running stuff off:

export DISPLAY=YOUR IP:0

run the program :)

Make sure the machine with the program on it (eg. /usr/games/tuxeyes) has xdm installed, and has open ports on the firewall (eg /etc/shorewall/rules:


ACCEPT fw loc tcp x11

ACCEPT fw loc udp x11