Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-Id: <199902280158.RAA04557@aleph.ssd.hal.com> Subject: Re: free xserver To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:57:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: from "Lars Ottemoeller" at Feb 27, 99 01:29:56 pm From: "J. J. Farrell" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text > From: Lars Ottemoeller > > we at the University of Bergen in Norway are developing free software for > seismology. Until now, we had to make different graphics for PC and Unix, > but using cygwin and x11 it might be possible to just have one version. > > The only limitation seems to be the availibilty of free X server software. > I have tested the MIX, but it does not seem stable enough. Good products > are Reflection X, but of course we need something that we can distribute > with our software for free. > > Does anyone know about a good free X server ??? Have you looked into VNC from AT&T Laboratories Cambridge? http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ You could run VNC's "Unix server" (really X server for Unix) under Cygwin to display X output on a "virtual screen", then use the Win32 VNC Viewer to access it. Valery Tulnikov got this going on an earlier version of Cygwin - I don't know what, if anything, is involved in updating it. http://www.dol.ru/users/valtul/ As far as I know, this is your only alternative to MI/X unless you're prepared to spend money! -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com