[CSC 335] CYGWIN and X-Windows

[Andrew J. Pounds]

  Something has changed in Cygwin that makes it very hard to configure 
for use with Putty under Windows 7.  Tommy and I wrestled with this last 
Thursday and Friday and now that we got it resolved I thought the 
solution might help some of you.

On the Cygwin install page include ALL of the X11 tree  for 
installation.  Then search for ssh and install the openssh package.  It 
may want to install some other things as well.  Let it install everything.

Once you have done this start cygwin and type "startx"

When the X-window screen comes up, type


ssh -Y -l cobra_login_name cobra.cs.mercer.edu

This sould open a connection to cobra and allow you to run X-commands 
(NO PUTTY NEEDED).


To see if things are working, fire up gnuplot and type "plot sin(x)".  
Let me know what happens.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627