Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:09:56 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: displaying Windows program on Linux via ssh / X? Message-ID: <20050614190956.GA28412@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <42AF2A0E DOT 2050804 AT mch DOT one DOT pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42AF2A0E.2050804@mch.one.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:03:42PM +0200, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >I couldn't find it on Google and I feel it's a different thing than >running Linux X applications (like xterm etc.), which is done by Cygwin/X. > > >Is it possible to "display" Windows program on Linux via ssh / X? > >What I mean, normally we do something like that: > >windows_cygwin$ ssh -l user linuxbox -X >linuxbox$ xterm > >and we start xterm on Linux, but it is displayed by a Windows X server. > > >I want to do something in an opposite direction: start Windows apps on >Linux display: > >linuxbox$ ssh -l user windows_cygwin -X >windows_cygwin$ notepad > >or > >windows_cygwin$ iexplore.exe > > >And these Windows applications would be displayed on my Linux. > >Is it possible with Cygwin? No. This is not a goal for Cygwin. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/