On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 14:10, Todd Reed wrote: > Do I need an xserver running on my windows box? That may be my problem. If > so, could someone suggest one. I did a quick search and I found several > that you have to pay for. > > --Todd Note my earlier response. cygwin provides an X server you can run under Windows and is, last I checked, freely available. You can also setup ssh tunneling with putty and run vnc over that to your linux system. Have used that in the past and it works very well. But if you want X11 forwarding you need an X server.