Questions tagged [xming]
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WSL - how to connect to VcXserv/Xming when VPN is running in the hosted OS?
For work for a vendor, I need to access a few sites via their VPN. Due to the security, however, their VPN blocks basically all other network traffic.
For that, I decided to try the WSL/Linux ...
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Xming cannot locate SSH.exe through Windows Explorer
I hope this is the correct place to ask this, as it is somewhat of a Windows issue. My problem: When trying to "forward" (I think) X11 using Xming when I have an OpenGL program sitting on ...
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xming - How to build Xming from sources?
I'm trying to build Xming from its sources available on SourceForge.
I know this version is outdated and have considered just buying it, but for my use case building it is required. I know that VcXsrv ...
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X11 port forwarding using Windows SSH client
I use PuTTY's X11 port forwarding option to connect my PC to my Raspberry Pi and run X11 apps, but I can't figure out how to do the same thing using Windows Terminal. Apparently, X11 requires more ...
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WSL2 won't use Xming on Windows 11
I'm using WSL2 with Ubuntu 20.04 on Windows 11. I've noticed that when you open a GUI app like xmGrace or Gnuplot, WSLg opens the GUI app through the "Remote Desktop Connection". So Xming is ...
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Cannot enable interactive widnows using ssh -X when connecting to a Linux server from my Windows machine
I need some help. I am trying to use ssh -X to connect to a remote server that has enabled X11 forwarding.
When I use my MacBook to connect to the remote server, I use ssh -X USERNAME@SERVER and then ...
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How to fix putty/xming Error: Can't open display error
I do find many instructions and even questions here which are out of date or the answers not helping me. Therefor
Setup
on ArchLinux box:
/etc/ssh/sshd_config:
X11Forwarding yes
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Why do I need to set DISPLAY variable to 10:0?
I have a Win10 machine, with Xming 6.9.0 installed. I use Putty to connect to a remote Ubuntu 18.04 instance.
I see the following:
ubuntu:~$ export DISPLAY=:10.0
ubuntu:~$ xeyes
#xeyes is shown on my ...
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Having trouble running Firefox on Linux remotely
I am having trouble running Firefox on Linux remotely.
When I use PuTTY and X11 to ssh remotely into a stand-alone Oracle Linux 8 box on my local network and run Firefox, the app comes up and hangs; ...
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Why is delay with VcXsrv so much slower than Xming when X11 forwarding
I was beating my head against the wall trying to figure out why opening an application through X11 forwarding was taking so long. To open the simplest app like xclock was taking ~20 seconds for the ...
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How to connect from Windows to Ubuntu and launch Nsight?
From Ubuntu to Ubuntu I would use:
ssh -X __username__@__hostname__
nsight
And I can see Nsight running on my local desktop while programs are compiled at the remote.
But how to do that from ...
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WSL: QT application fails to start
I have compiled a simple QT Quick application (using Ruby-Qml, but I don't think this matters) on Ubuntu (18.04) via WSL on Windows 10 v1903 and get the following error when launching with Xming.
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Manage Windows and linux programs with a Linux (WSL) window manager
Im wanting to run a fullscreen Xming (or alternative) instance within Windows with a custom window manager (Using i3wm) to replace the pesky windows Shell. This will give me native Linux and Windows ...
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What is the equivalent of "/tmp/.X11-unix/X0" on Windows when using things like Xming?
I want to know what exactly does the display name like :0.0 mean on Windows. Where does Xming place its listener socket for others to find? When I set the "Display location" in PuTTY, where does it go ...
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Error: Can't open display: 0
I installed WSL2 and I want to access WSL2 GUI apps from Windows 10. For this, I installed Xming and start it in "No client" mode. Xming startes, ok. After I open the WSL2 terminal and there execute ...
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