X Windows, Xming and PuTTY

[boyakasha]

I've just installed XFree86 and Blackbox on my linux box and got it working with PuTTY and Xming on my Windows XP laptop.

At the moment I have to use PuTTY to ssh into the linux box and start the programs from the command line. Is there a way I can make PuTTY and Xming work as if I was sitting at the linux box (i.e., brings up a log in screen when I connect, then starts up Blackbox)? I've been playing around with Xlaunch and plink.exe but I can't get it to work.

[bigtomrodney]

If you have an X server such as a Reflections X session, Cygwin or Exceed you should be able to enabe X forwarding in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. You will then be able to run X applications , even a whole Desktop in Windows.

The easiest way is to install Cygwin on your Windows box. Although it may seem a little different when setting up it is very straightforward. Install the base pack, choose all the essentials and Xorg packages which will then install from the repositories.

Once installed open cygwin and type startx. You can now modify your Putty session config to allow X forwarding to :0 and away you go.

Concise, but post back if you'd like clarification or any further help on it.