Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 14:45 -0500, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Is there some way to do this? I've got the current putty (actually,
>> putty-cac), pageant, and plink in my user's Downlods directory - neither
>> he nor I have admin authority on his laptop, and Desktop support's
>> teleworking today - but I can't seem to find a way to configure xming to
>> look there for putty.
>>
>> Or is it start putty, *then* start xming?
>>
>
> No start xming in passive mode (I don't know xming so don't know how to
> do that - you just want to start the xserver and not have it start any
> applications on the remote machine).
>
> Start putty with X11 forwarding turned on and connect.
>
> You should now be able to start X programs.
>
> The important thing is that the server needs to be started before
> initiating the connection so that a display can be assigned.
Thank you! That did it. He's happy.
>
> Can I suggest an alternative though. I've started using MobaXterm
> recently and I'm quite impressed: X11 server, SSH/putty client built
> in, GL capable etc. Home use is free.
I can look at it, but this is what he knows, and he's too busy to try
something else. Hell, he's just pushed me updating and rebooting his
at-work CentOS workstation until next week, and I have a job to keep them
going, not for my convenience. <G>
mark
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