Run X from a CD

The following zip file contains a number of files extracted from current (13-11-2004) Cygwin along with PuTTY (0.56b).

10-Feb-2005: Redirected logfile to /dev/null. Now X should be able to start even on system without cygwin.

1-Sep-2005: Refreshed files to current cygwin and putty (0.58). Added space around path name so it should now work even with the defaults of XP.

Download The Archive

They are set up to allow you to run an X server and connect from it to a remote computer (using putty) to run an X client

Usage

Extract the contents of the zip file in a directory and run from it

  x-cd.bat
  ssh-x.bat

The second command attempts to be a wrapper around putty that sets the default to enable X forwarding.

I figure I should probably replace it with a shortcut, but I wanted to stick with batch files.

Administrativia

• Author: Tzafrir Cohen
• License: GPL (some of the programs, most notably PuTTY and X, have a more permissive license. The GPL applies to the batch files, configuration files and the collection).
• Disclaimer: You cannot sue me if the program doesn't work, if the program works but not as expected, if it works as expected or on any other grounds. You payed nothing for the program, and you get exactly the same guarantees.