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RE: Looking for a step by step tutorial to use Cygwin for setting up an X terminal on Windows
- From: "Denis Lavaud" <dlavaud at cadence dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:42:12 +0200
- Subject: RE: Looking for a step by step tutorial to use Cygwin for setting up an X terminal on Windows
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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