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1) Install Xming and Xming-fonts
2) Add the Linux machine's DNS name(s) and IP address to the C:Program FilesxmingX0.hosts file. File should contain:
3) Start Xming on your Windows machine (NOT XLaunch)
4) Start the connection:Connect to the Linux machine via ssh/telnet/rlogin/whatever and run:
5) Minimize the SSH/telnet session, do not close it. If you close it, your X connections will close.
Remote X11 Over SSH
On the remote machine (Linux): 1) Ensure that X11Forwarding is enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_conf on the remote machine.
On the local machine (Windows): 2) Install Xming and Xming-fonts
3) Add the Linux machine's DNS name(s) and IP address to the C:Program FilesxmingX0.hosts file. File should contain:
4) Start Xming on your Windows machine (NOT XLaunch)
5) Install Putty (if it's not already installed) onto your Windows machine.
6) Open putty and fill in the “Host Name” box.
7) Ensure that SSH is checked and that the port is correct (probably 22).
8) Under Category > Connection > SSH > X11 check the “Enable X11 forwarding” box.
9) Click the “Open” button to start the connection.
10) Log into the remote machine as you would do in a normal SSH session.
11) Start the X application from the command line, a window should open on your local machine with the application.
12) Minimize the SSH session, do not close it. If you close it, your X connections will close.
(It's a regular SSH session with putty but with X11 forwarding enabled.)
PROBLEMS
PROBLEM: 'Xlib: connection to YOUR_IP refused by server' FIX: Check the Xming log, it probably contains 'Xming.exe: client 4 rejected from IP YOUR_IP'. If so,
close Xming
Make sure that the DNS names and/or IPs are in the C:Program FilesxmingX0.hosts file
restart Xming
FIX2: If problem is not fixed, restart Xming with the -ac option.
PROBLEM: The application starts but then I get a font error(s). FIX: Install the Xming-fonts onto your Windows box.
PROBLEM: When starting Xming, a Windows Security Alert pops up saying Windows Firewall has blocked this program. FIX: Change Windows Firewall setting to allow Xming. FIX2: Disable Windows Firewall by going to Services, setting Windows Firewall to MANUAL START and then stop the service.
PROBLEM: Cannot connect to Xming and I have checked all of the above. FIX: When starting Xming as display 0, Windows Firewall does not complain. Check to see if Windows Firewall is blocking the connection.
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Below are steps on how to install and use Xming.
Xming X Server for Windows
Xming is an X Window server for Microsoft Windows (XP/2003/Vista) freely available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/ .
If you don’t already have an X Server software such as Exceed or X-Win32 installed on your PC, you can follow the procedure outlined here to install Xming and use it with SSH to run graphical applications remotely on a unix server in a secure way.
Xming X Server Windows 10
How to Install Xming on your PC
Download Xming and Xming-fonts from SourceForge.net
Xming or Xming-mesa?
Xming uses Microsoft’s OpenGL renderer interface as standard (i.e. unless a Mesa version). You need the Mesa libraries or Mesa version when you have an awkward X client that’s failing to display. So, download Xming unless you want to try Xming-mesa.
Save the files in a convenient folder.
To install Xming
Double-click Xming-*-setup.exe
Welcome to the Xming Setup Wizard: Next
Select Destination Location: take default C:Program FilesXming
Select Components: take default, click Next
Select Start menu Folder: take default, click Next
Select Additional Tasks: take default, click Next
Ready to Install: click Install
Uncheck Launch Xming, click Finish
To install Xming-fonts
Double-click Xming-fonts-*-setup.exe
Welcome to the Xming-fonts Setup Wizard: Next
Select Destination Location: take default, click Next
Select Components: select all Fonts available, click Next
Select Start Menu Folder: take default, click Next
Ready to Install: click Install
Download Xming For Windows
How to Use Xming with SSH
Xming X Server For Windows Download
Start Xming
Start -> All Programs -> Xming -> Xming
Xming icon will appear at the bottom right of your screen.
Configure your SSH client program to forward X11 connections (if not done previously)
See PuTTY SSH client if you don’t have an SSH client installed on your PC.
See PuTTY X11 Forwarding
Use the SSH client configured with X11 Forwarding above to log in to the Unix server, and it will work with Xming to display the graphics on your PC.
Note the DISPLAY environment variable will be set automatically, and you should not set it yourself on the remote host.