Difference between revisions of "XTerm on Windows using Putty and XMing"

Latest revision as of 13:25, 24 February 2014

In Putty, for the connection that requires Xterm, make sure that "Enable X11 forwarding" is checked with :0.0 in the X display location.

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 * XMing http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
-== Install and Configure Xming ==
+== Install and Configure XMing ==
-* Double-check on the installation binary.
+* Double-chick on the downloaded binary to start installation.
-* Follow the all the instruction steps.
+* Follow all the instruction steps.
 * Once installation is completed, start XLaunch.
 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oMbxRF17MKI/UwuMC70eOkI/AAAAAAAAdV0/SvBp6Ql_0SQ/w501-h479-no/xterm1.png
+* Make sure "No Access Control" is checked.
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+== Configure Putty ==
+* In Putty, for the connection that requires Xterm, make sure that "Enable X11 forwarding" is checked with :0.0 in the X display location.
+https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PW61ohCGEZc/UwuOA-pHr9I/AAAAAAAAdWY/17irpsACQZo/w467-h449-no/xterm4.png
+* Export DISPLAY=Host:0.0 where Host is the Windows host name or IP address.
+https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8p_6FYS85jA/UwuOA4tlx_I/AAAAAAAAdWc/u3ogK0MgU74/w254-h56-no/xterm5.png
+* Launch XTerm app.
+[[Category:Windows]]
-In Putty, for the connection that requires Xterm, make sure that Enable X11 forwarding is checked with :0.0 in the X display location.
-export DISPLAY to the Windows IP address.
-then xterm should work.