RE: [coLinux-users] Mini-howto: Lauch a Windows application by using Cygwin sshd

[David L. <dle...@di...>]

Do you want to log into an X desktop or just have it running in the
background to launch a single X-app from a console?

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I use the XMing X-Server HYPERLINK
"http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming"http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming =
(which
is a self-contained version of the Cygwin-X server) and launch it from =
WinXP
using XLanuch (included in XMing) or X-Connect HYPERLINK
"http://www.c3d-vr.com/xconnect/"http://www.c3d-vr.com/xconnect/. =20

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I have CoLinux (v7.1 dev snapshot) running Gentoo as a service in the
background.  If I want to access the (text) console, I just run the FLTK
console.  If I want to access the X desktop (KDE), I simply run =
X-Connect
which detects the XDMCP session running and is a simple 1-button click =
to
run the XMing server and immediately get a X-kdm login.  The X server =
quits
after I log out of the desktop (at least on my system). =20

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To get a single X app running, I typically use XLaunch or a simple DOS =
batch
file (mainly because I don't want to mess with my X-Connect settings as =
they
are for getting the desktop to display).  I then run the x-app from the =
FLTK
console.  I also have the following DOS batch file to run the server.

SET DISPLAY=3D127.0.0.1:0.0

start Xming -lesspointer -rootless =96multiwindow -ac -clipboard

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David Leffler

Administrator

Harrison Hills Baptist Church

www.harrisonhills.org=20

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-----Original Message-----
From: col...@li...
[mailto:col...@li...] On Behalf Of Joe =
Mason
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 01:00
Cc: colinux
Subject: Re: [coLinux-users] Mini-howto: Lauch a Windows application by
using Cygwin sshd

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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:35:40AM -0000, peter green wrote:

> nah "Allow service to interact with desktop" is a standard windows =
option

> its nothing to do with cygwin SSH itself. I think ms put it there =
because
of

> pressure from people who wanted to run badly designed (read: no =
seperation

> between core and admin interface) server apps as services. but they =
didn't

> make it the default because its not the worlds best idea from a =
security

> point of view (remember that services windows will be on the desktop =
of

> ANYONE who logs in admin or not and that services generally run under =
the

> account localsystem).

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I use it to run the Cygwin X server at bootup (using cygrunsrv), and

also Cygnus esound as a service so I can pipe music from colinux - since

it's a single-user desktop and it's all firewalled security's not a huge

concern.  But I was meaning to ask - the main reason I'm doing this

instead of just sticking Cygwin/X in my startup folder is that I

couldn't figure out a way to start it without also opening a terminal

window.  (Of course, when it's a service the terminal output gets thrown

away, which is what I want in this case.)  Is there any other way to

start the X server without a terminal window?

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Joe

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