You do not need to start X on the host.
If Cygwin supports XDM then you need to make sure one of (xdm or kdm or gdm) is running on the host and configured to allow remote logins.
If you can not use XDM then you can project X clients on the Cygwin machine. The host machine must have the Cygwin/Display machine in it's /etc/hosts table, in it's /etc/hosts.allow file. Then you can telnet into the host and set the DISPLAY environment variable and launch your X applications. For example:
telnet host.ipaddr
DISPLAY= display.ipaddr:0.0
export DISPLAY
xterm &
xedit &
Ed.
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At 02:01 PM 11/22/2002 +0000, you wrote:
I am currently doing a project on an embedded single-board computer (586 based). It has 64MB RAM, 4GB HDD, a serial port and a ethernet port. Note it has no direct hardware support for a monitor, mouse, keyboard etc.
The source code for the project is stored locally on the HDD and is compiled locally using GCC 3.2.7. No problem.
I have installed Redhat 7.2 and currently develop code by 'telnet'ing in and using vi to edit the source code. Yuk.
I have recently installed cygwin on my 'normal' desktop PC (Windows XP on Athlon 1500) and would like to start X on the target embedded computer. That way I can develop on my desktop PC using the cygwin X-client and use emacs instead.
When I telnet into the embedded computer and run 'startx' I get
Fatal server error :
fs86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such device)
Yet /dev/tty0 does exist ! It is mapped to the local serial port and works fine. I have a bash shell running on it !
I did remember to edit my startx script so that xinit is being called as follows :
xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- :192.168.1.3:0 -auth /root/.Xauthority
How can I get X to start without needing a local console ?
I would like all I/O to be directed to my Windows PC and not to local hardware.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ian
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