remote xwindows from xp?

[ncage]

Hi everyone, im currently building a linux based media pc. Probably will base it upon Myth. It will reside in my family room right next to entertainment system. I usually do most of my pc work in a bedroom i have set up as a pc room. I not only want this pc to be my media pc i also want to use it for a linux server purpose. Whether it be Samba or a MySQL DB Server. I connected this pc with a wirless superg router & card. Hopefully this will be fast enough connection because i plan to not save the programs its encoding to its hard drive but remotely to my file server thats running Windows 2003 Server. It will only be about 20 feet from the router but in another room. Anyways, enough of that uncessary information.

I know i can do all my command line stuff by just telneting into the box. I know but i also would like to run Xwindow terminal remotely so anything i wanted to do in xwindows on the box i could also do. How would i do this if the machine i am connection to the box with is Windows XP?

thanks,
ncage

 

[Hyperblaze]

you could use a program called VNC

it's a visual remote desktop connection application.

http://www.realvnc.com/

have a vnc server running on the linux machine (typically on port 6900 i think) and install a vnc client on your windows machine.

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
you could use a program called VNC

it's a visual remote desktop connection application.

http://www.realvnc.com/

have a vnc server running on the linux machine (typically on port 6900 i think) and install a vnc client on your windows machine.

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.

i thought for some reason though xwindows allowed connections remotely and would display everything on another machine or allow you to run xwindows sessions remotely especially when you were using linux as the client. Id rather use that if possible them a server/client app like you mentioned but if thats the way i have to go then so be it.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: ncage

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
you could use a program called VNC

it's a visual remote desktop connection application.

http://www.realvnc.com/

have a vnc server running on the linux machine (typically on port 6900 i think) and install a vnc client on your windows machine.

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.

i thought for some reason though xwindows allowed connections remotely and would display everything on another machine or allow you to run xwindows sessions remotely especially when you were using linux as the client. Id rather use that if possible them a server/client app like you mentioned but if thats the way i have to go then so be it.

you asked for a way to have an x-windows session running remotely from your linux box to your windows box. is this not correct?

 

[oog]

you could get something like Xceed

 

[Hyperblaze]

Now that I think about it. X-win32 I believe would also work

 

[n0cmonkey]

cygwin has X client stuff, I think. X11 _is_ a server/client technology.

DON'T USE TELNET. Use SSH.

Tunnel X over SSH, it's fairly secure and easy to do.

 

[CTho9305]

X-win32 isn't free. The X.org X server cygwin uses is quite good, and easy enough to set up. I'd recommend using it.

 

[ncage]

thanks everyone for your replies. thanks a lot n0cmonkey for the tip on ussing SSH and not telnet. I never used SSH before so i had no idea what it was. Now i do. It probably wouldn't matter cause im not going to be connectiong to this pc over the internet just internally but its always better to be safe than sorry.

ncage

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
X-win32 isn't free. The X.org X server cygwin uses is quite good, and easy enough to set up. I'd recommend using it.

I never claimed that X-win32 was free. I just mentioned it cuz it does do the job.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: CTho9305
X-win32 isn't free. The X.org X server cygwin uses is quite good, and easy enough to set up. I'd recommend using it.

I never claimed that X-win32 was free. I just mentioned it cuz it does do the job.

And I never said that not free = bad . My university has a site license (also covers off-campus students) for X-Win32 and I used it until installing the cygwin server a few weeks ago.

 

[yelo333]

I have used X-Deep/32 with much success here. I have found it to be significantly faster then the cygwin X server in every respect, and is now freeware (but not FOSS, for those who care).

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Just start that up, and use putty to do the tunneling. Easy to setup, and relatively fast, even on an older box.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: ncage
thanks everyone for your replies. thanks a lot n0cmonkey for the tip on ussing SSH and not telnet. I never used SSH before so i had no idea what it was. Now i do. It probably wouldn't matter cause im not going to be connectiong to this pc over the internet just internally but its always better to be safe than sorry.

ncage

Personally, I think the benefits of SSH go beyond just the primary benefits of security and privacy.

 

[SinNisTeR]

another vote for cygwin.