Remote Xwindows on a Windows computer.

Hello,

I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.

What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.

Thanks.

buster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>
> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
>
> Thanks.
The best you will do is to run an X server on your windows machine.
WinAxe, or the like will help you out.

HTH
Neil

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buster wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>
> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
>
> Thanks.

Hi,

there are X servers for windows, for example X-Win32 (http:/
www.starnet.com). To redirect the X data of an application to a different
machine, you have to set the $DISPLAY environment variable, example:

windowsXP machine is called "xp"
$ export DISPLAY=xp:0.0
$ # run your application

see http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/...e/node140.html
for a quick tutorial.

Hope this helps,

cheers
Robert ('bowman')

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buster wrote:
| Hello,
|
| I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
| I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
|
| What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
| I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
|
| Thanks.

you could try vnc (google for url, can't remember)

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"buster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>
> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
>
> Thanks.


If you want to pay money, look at x-win32, Reflection X, Hummingbird, and
install them on XP.

If you want to not pay money, you could install Cygwin on XP, or a VNC
server on Linux, and the VNC client on XP.

I have gone both routes. The paid ones seem to be a little faster, even on
a network. But if it is for occasional use - light maintenance, etc, the
free ones are ok.

buster wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>
> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
There's a port of XFree86 for Windows ( http://cygwin.com/xfree/ ).
AFAIK it's the only free X-server available for windows.

Regards,

Frank

buster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>
> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
>
> Thanks.

Check out Kenton Lee's X/Motif page, and you'll see a list of Xservers
for MS windows. My favorite is the eval version of Xmanager, but most of
those listed will work fine - several are free or at least have evals
available (hint, hint - some of the evals don't seem to expire).

"buster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> Hello,
>
> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>
> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.

The free Cygwin port of Xfree86 is pretty good thes days. Note that
you don't get it in the base Cygwin install - get that first, then run the
installer again and add the X stuff and you'll probably want openssh
too.

On the RH box, run gdmconfig, check the box to enable XDCMP.
On the Windows PC, start a Cygwin bash shell and type
Xwin -query server_name (or IP number of your server).
You'll get a GUI login box followed by a desktop session
that really runs from the server.

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Les Mikesell
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ray wrote:
> buster wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a RH9.0 Linux box in a mixed network.
>> I want to run a Xwindows (gnome) session on a windowsXP computer.
>>
>> What do I need to do? Can I use a webbrowser as my Windows interface.
>> I would like to get the RH9.0 Gui desktop on a windows computer.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Check out Kenton Lee's X/Motif page, and you'll see a list of Xservers
> for MS windows. My favorite is the eval version of Xmanager, but most
> of those listed will work fine - several are free or at least have
> evals available (hint, hint - some of the evals don't seem to expire).

Maybee you could supply us with a URL to "Kenton Lee's X/Motif page" ?


/Mats

"Mats Karlsson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Check out Kenton Lee's X/Motif page, and you'll see a list of
>> Xservers for MS windows. My favorite is the eval version of
>> Xmanager, but most of those listed will work fine - several are free
>> or at least have evals available (hint, hint - some of the evals
>> don't seem to expire).
>
> Maybee you could supply us with a URL to "Kenton Lee's X/Motif page" ?

The world is your library; one should use the card catalog:

http://www.google.com/search?q="kenton+lee"


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