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Questions tagged [xming]

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Is there a frame drop option in X11Forwarding?

I'm running a computer vision model on a headless remote VM (Ubuntu 16.04) over X11Forwarding with good ol' Putty and Xming as my Windows X Server. All is well but seems there is no frame drop if the client-server bandwidth can't keep up, which…
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SSH via PuTTY: launch gnome-session and gnome-panel in one Window

I'm connecting to a Linux machine from my Windows desktop via PuTTY. I'm running Xming on my Windows PC so that I can remote display X windows applications. Loading individual graphical programs works fine. I can run gedit for example and it pops…
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X11 forwarding not working from putty and XMing to centos 6.4

I have centos 6.4 running on VirtualBox. I can connect to it via putty just fine. However X11 forwarding is not working. I Have Xming 6.9.0.31 running and putty 0.62 is setup for X11 forwarding: However, when I connect DISPLAY is not…
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Accessing Linux server from Windows machine in graphical mode via SSH

I need to access one of my school Linux servers from my home computer that runs Windows. And I need to access graphical desktop (X server) on them remotely, not only shell. The problem includes 3 Linux servers with different settings. I don't have…
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Run a GUI application in background and reconnect later

Is there a way to run a Gui application (X11) in background so that if I disconnect, I can resume the running app again? I am using SmarTTY on windows to connect to remote CentOS. When I run a Gui application (e.g. gnome-help) it starts Xming server…
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X11 forwarding does not work if su to another user

I have a Red Hat 7.3 server running XVnc. On a Windows 10 desktop I have Putty and Xming installed. Putty is configured for X11 forwarding. When I SSH in as my standard/non-privileged user and launch an X application, it displays on my Windows 10…
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How can I enable trusted X11 forwarding on Putty (with Xming) or otherwise get rid of one second delay when starting X11 aplication?

I've noticed one second delay before Midnight Commander or mcedit starts in Putty. It took me a while before I realized it is caused by X11 forwarding enabled. mc -X start immediately. Unfortunately starting any X11 application has same delay. Maybe…
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xming debian can't open display

I followed numerous guides for setup and even more "can't open display" error solution, but still can't find what's wrong. First, on VPS Debian Squeeze I installed xserver-xorg-core and xauth. Then on Windows 7 installed xming 6.9.0.31. Then…
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Xrandr doesn't scale screen under Cygwin/X and Xming

The preamble: I have a very specific remote X client, that needs fixed resolution. 1280x1024, to say. And my notebook has 1440x900. And Windows aboard. So, the idea is to scale the output of the client to fit 900px output. Panning is not an…
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Is there anyway to make vnc viewer function like Xming with allowing linux windows move freely about?

I have a vncserver set up on my remote machine and am using vnc viewer to interact with that machine. I am also used to doing the following: 1. Remote connecting to a machine with an ssh client like Putty and using Xming for X11 forward so that I…
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Is it possible to x-forward windows apps to linux if windows PC running Xming?

I have been digging around looking for an answer to my question but have no been able to come up with anything. I know that xming server allows you to transparently run linux applications on windows through ssh window forwarding, but can it do the…
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Xming does not show an xclock window

I have installed and have connected to a server using Putty. But when I type "xclock" for testing there is no output.
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root needed to launch X11 application

I'm building a Qt application using QML technologie. QML use OpenGL. The computer running the build is a CentOS 6.7, with intel GPU. I'm using it only on SSH, and I use XMing (or VcxSrv sometimes) to open graphical applications. I had multiple…
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PuTTY X11 forwarding can't forward Google Chrome

I'm using PuTTY with Windows to connect a remote Linux (Mint desktop) server. It's correct to forward Firefox, Banshee and other applications, however, when I want to use Google Chrome, it shows a message: Created new window in existing browser…
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Option "X Conformance Test Compatibility" for Hummingbird Exceed also available for Xming?

We are using Hummingbird Exceed (Version 11.0.0.21) so that our users can run a proprietary Solaris 10 X-Application (named Shipplan) on their PC. To make that work we have to enable the "X Conformance Test Compatibility" option in Exceed (XConfig).…
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