[Cialug] Remote Access

[Tad Anhalt]

carl-olsen at mchsi.com wrote:
> I installed Cygwin and could not figure out how to get remote desktop 
> working.

   1) Make sure X and ssh are installed.
   2) Make sure you can ssh into the remote machine.
   3) on the windows side, execute "startx"
   4) an Xterm window should pop up.  From within that window ssh to the 
remote host.  Use the -X or -Y  option to ssh and possibly -C (the fine 
manual will tell you which to use).

   5) run an x application (xclock, xcalc, or even xterm is a good test).
   6) application will appear on local desktop pretty much like any 
other  windows application.  Move, resize, tile, whatever you need to do.

   If you are really wanting "remote desktop," you're likely to be 
disappointed, but if displaying X applications on the windows desktop in 
a fairly seamless way is more your cup of tea...  It works fine.

Tad Anhalt