[SLE] Using cygwin/Xfree-86 to access Suse

[Greg Freemyer]

Guys,

Someone recently suggested XFree-86 under Cygwin is the best way to access the
SuSE GUI.

I've installed it and I can:

startxwin.sh
xhost +
ssh SuSE-box
DISPLAY=...
xeyes

and it works.

What I prefer to do, is run the whole KDE desktop via XFree-86, but I forgotten
the command.

I thought it was "XWin -query server_name", but that is not working.

Can someone give me that again?

Thanks
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
Compaq ASE - Tru64
Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com

[Steinar Saetre]

Try :
kde &
in Your ssh terminal.
It works for me..
ss

Post by Greg Freemyer
Guys,
Someone recently suggested XFree-86 under Cygwin is the best way to access
the SuSE GUI.
startxwin.sh
xhost +
ssh SuSE-box
DISPLAY=...
xeyes
and it works.
What I prefer to do, is run the whole KDE desktop via XFree-86, but I
forgotten the command.
I thought it was "XWin -query server_name", but that is not working.
Can someone give me that again?
Thanks
Greg
=====
Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
Compaq ASE - Tru64
Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com

[Damian Ohara]

This sounds great guys but I assume that you've found an ftp server that
offers the X subsystem ?

When I ran setup last week, every ftp site I connected to (and I tried 7
of them) said that X was n/a.

I assumed then that only the base Cygwin installation was avaiable so
went with that. An interesting diversion but without the X client it's
no better than telnet from a Win98 box for me.

Am I looking in the wrong place ?

I also can't seem to find a way to add features without re-installing
the whole shooting match ...?

Thanks,

Damian

Post by Steinar Saetre
kde &
in Your ssh terminal.
It works for me..
ss

Post by Greg Freemyer
Guys,
Someone recently suggested XFree-86 under Cygwin is the best way to access
the SuSE GUI.
startxwin.sh
xhost +
ssh SuSE-box
DISPLAY=...
xeyes
and it works.
What I prefer to do, is run the whole KDE desktop via XFree-86, but I
forgotten the command.
I thought it was "XWin -query server_name", but that is not working.
Can someone give me that again?
Thanks
Greg
=====
Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
Compaq ASE - Tru64
Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com

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[Steinar Saetre]

Hi.
Not sure if I understand the Q, but if U install the rest, U should be able to
start the X. And, if I understand the Q, the rest of what U need is here :
http://cygwin.com/xfree/

Regs.,
ss

Post by Damian Ohara
This sounds great guys but I assume that you've found an ftp server that
offers the X subsystem ?
When I ran setup last week, every ftp site I connected to (and I tried 7
of them) said that X was n/a.
I assumed then that only the base Cygwin installation was avaiable so
went with that. An interesting diversion but without the X client it's
no better than telnet from a Win98 box for me.
Am I looking in the wrong place ?
I also can't seem to find a way to add features without re-installing
the whole shooting match ...?
Thanks,
Damian

Post by Steinar Saetre
kde &
in Your ssh terminal.
It works for me..
ss

Post by Greg Freemyer
Guys,
Someone recently suggested XFree-86 under Cygwin is the best way to
access the SuSE GUI.
startxwin.sh
xhost +
ssh SuSE-box
DISPLAY=...
xeyes
and it works.
What I prefer to do, is run the whole KDE desktop via XFree-86, but I
forgotten the command.
I thought it was "XWin -query server_name", but that is not working.
Can someone give me that again?
Thanks
Greg
=====
Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
Compaq ASE - Tru64
Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com

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[Doug McGarrett]

Whoa, back up here! You guys are way ahead of me.
I have cygwin installed on my machine at work, to play with,
more than anything. (I would like to learn C with it.)
Somehow, I got what appeared to be X up, but with NO
GUI, just a gray screen with an X cursor.
I'm not really sure what I did to do that, but it was NOT
"startx." Now you folks are mentioning KDE--where do you get
KDE for cygwin, or what binaries must be compiled to run it,
or--you get the idea--I'm 10 paces behind!
--doug

Post by Damian Ohara
This sounds great guys but I assume that you've found an ftp server that
offers the X subsystem ?
When I ran setup last week, every ftp site I connected to (and I tried 7
of them) said that X was n/a.
I assumed then that only the base Cygwin installation was avaiable so
went with that. An interesting diversion but without the X client it's
no better than telnet from a Win98 box for me.
Am I looking in the wrong place ?
I also can't seem to find a way to add features without re-installing
the whole shooting match ...?
Thanks,
Damian

Post by Steinar Saetre
kde &
in Your ssh terminal.
It works for me..
ss

Post by Greg Freemyer
Guys,
Someone recently suggested XFree-86 under Cygwin is the best way to access
the SuSE GUI.
startxwin.sh
xhost +
ssh SuSE-box
DISPLAY=...
xeyes
and it works.
What I prefer to do, is run the whole KDE desktop via XFree-86, but I
forgotten the command.
I thought it was "XWin -query server_name", but that is not working.
Can someone give me that again?
Thanks
Greg
=====
Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
Compaq ASE - Tru64
Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com

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