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RE: Looking for a step by step tutorial to use Cygwin for setting up an X terminal on Windows


Hi Harold,

Thanks a lot for your answer, and sorry for my late reply ! :)

> It isn't entirely clear if you are asking about the elusive "minimal 
> install" or if you are just asking how to use XDMCP from
> Cygwin/XFree86. 

I am asking for both ! :)


About the elusive "minimal install". I would like to know which
packages I should select if my goal is to run the Xfree server only ?
Is the installer able to solve packages dependencies so that if I
select the Xfree packages only, the installer will also install the
other required packages ? 

> Several people have looked into the "minimal install" in the past.
> They may have setup some seperate websites describing what they 
> discovered. The Cygwin/XFree86 project does not include a minimal 
> installation as one of its goals at this time... any information on 
> this will likely come from individuals on the list or other sources.

I guess the answer to my previous question about dependencies handling
of the installer is no.

I did not find any useful website describing which packages to select.
I would be interested in such website addresses if you have any.


> Additionally, there is a section that tells how to use XDMCP:
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html

This link answer to my second question.

Thanks a lot for your help,
Best Regards,

-Denis
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-----Original Message-----
From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu] 
Sent: vendredi 22 août 2003 18:34
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a step by step tutorial to use Cygwin for setting up an X terminal on Windows


Denis,

Denis Lavaud wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I spent some time browsing the web and the archives of this mailing 
> list but did not find a step by step tutorial/howto explaining how to 
> set-up an XDM session on Windows to log on a remote Unix/Linux 
> workstation (as an X terminal does).
> 

It isn't entirely clear if you are asking about the elusive "minimal 
install" or if you are just asking how to use XDMCP from Cygwin/XFree86. 
  Since I don't know what you are asking, here is the info on how to 
install Cygwin/XFree86 in the User's Guide:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-xfree-installing.html

Additionally, there is a section that tells how to use XDMCP:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html


> What is the minimal set of packages to select in the "setup.exe" 
> installer ? Will the "setup.exe" handle package dependencies so that I 
> can clear all selected packages and select the only Xfree packages ? 
> What is the exact list of required packages for this only usage of 
> Cygwin environment ?
> 

Several people have looked into the "minimal install" in the past.  They 
may have setup some seperate websites describing what they discovered. 
The Cygwin/XFree86 project does not include a minimal installation as 
one of its goals at this time... any information on this will likely 
come from individuals on the list or other sources.

> Is there a web site explaining how to set the Cygwin configuration 
> files ?

Specifically, what configuration files?


Hope that helps,

Harold


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