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RE: newbie - export X(-Applications) from Linux Server
- From: "Mario Ohnewald" <mario dot ohnewald at gmx dot de>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:23:05 +0200
- Subject: RE: newbie - export X(-Applications) from Linux Server
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: <mario dot ohnewald at gmx dot de>
Hello!
> Mario,
>
> From what I know, doing this doesn't always work:
> > install@MUNICH ~
> > $ cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> >
> > install@MUNICH /usr/X11R6/bin
> > $ ./XWin.exe &
> > [1] 108
> >
> > install@MUNICH /usr/X11R6/bin
> > $ ssh -X dex@192.168.10.123
> > dex@192.168.10.123's password:
> > Last login: Sat Jan 5 06:42:18 2002
> > Have a lot of fun...
> > dex@linuxserver:~> xclock
>
> What you need to do instead is:
> install@MUNICH ~
> $ cd /usr/X11R6/bin
>
> install@MUNICH /usr/X11R6/bin
> $ ./XWin.exe &
>
> install@MUNICH /usr/X11R6/bin
> $ ./xterm.exe &
>
I did that, and thats what i get:
install@MUNICH /usr/X11R6/bin
$ ./xterm.exe
./xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
;/
here is the logfile:
-------------------------
install@MUNICH /tmp
$ cat XWin.log
OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0
winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1152 h 864
winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
Error reading config file
winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
winDetectSupportedEngines - Allowing PrimaryDD
winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
InitOutput - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits per
pixel
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Initial w: 1152 h: 864
winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 811 1152
winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 811 1152
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1146 h 786 r 1146 l 0 b 786
t 0
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning
winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 2292
winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f
winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d 16 bpp
16
winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
winScreenInit - returning
(EE) No primary keyboard configured
(==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard
Rules = "xfree86" Model = "pc101" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options =
"(null)"
> Now, from the xterm in Cygwin/XFree86 (you are getting a
> Cygwin/XFree86
> window, right? If not something else is broken and you need
> to send in
> /tmp/XWin.log) run the ssh command:
> [xterm window]
> install@MUNICH /usr/X11R6/bin
> $ ssh -X dex@192.168.10.123
>
> Now you can run xclock and it should work.
>
> Harold
>
Cheers!
Mario