xming

Using Xming X Window Server over a VPN

I have the Xming X Window Server installed on a laptop running Windows XP to connect to some UNIX development servers. It works fine when I connect directly to the company network in the office. However, it does not work when I connect to the network remotely over a VPN. When I start Xming when connected remotely none of my terminal w...

Netbeans Forwarded over X11 Font Problem

I'm trying to forward my IDE, Netbeans, over ssh to the Xming server on my Windows Desktop. I'm able to get Netbeans to launch and run, but the fonts look terrible because they aren't being anti-aliased. I've uploaded a screenshot here. If I launch Netbeans from Gnome on the linux box itself, the fonts look fine, so it must be a probl...

Running X windows applictions remotely from a Windows server

This may seem like a strange question but it has some value for the project I am currently working on. I have a Windows 2003 server running XMing (or Cygwinx). I am connecting to the server from Ubunutu using ssh with X11 forwarding enabled. When I launch any X application on the Windows 2003 server (such as xeyes) the application disp...

Does the Xming license allow redistribution of recompiled application?

The Xming license and website states that Xming can't be commercially used without buying a dedicated license. However, I can't find any license on the patches used to build the application and the licensing seems to only apply to Xming Website Releases. So, I wonder if I can rebuild Xming from source and freely use the resulted binary...

Cygwin/Xming : Running Java application with drag and drop support in x-server

I have a Java application using jTree with 'drag and drop' support. When I run it on a SuSE box (Server details below ) and redirect the GUI interface using xming x-server (version details below) to a windows box , the drag and drop functionality in jTree stops working. After analyzing a bit I found that X-server is able to recognize th...

Xming -wgl command not working

I go to c:/program files/Xming> where my Xming is installed and run command Xming -wgl it opens a XMing.0.log file saying unrecognized option. I am trying X forwarding of a linux machine. I can see 2D images after X forwarding but I cannot see 3D images ...

alt-b, alt-f does not work in xterm

I use xterm under cygwin/Xming. Alt-B (jump one word backwards) and Alt-F (one word forward) do not work, but instead display some diacritical characters or something. I have created a file .Xresources and a file .Xdefaults in my home dir, each containing only this line: xterm*eightBitInput: false Yet the problem persists. ...

Xming and picture rendering in Matlab

I'm using xming 6.9.0.31 on Windows XP computer (2 Gb RAM) to connect to Linux server and run Matlab scripts there. I have 2 configurations of xming and both have problems related to matlab output figures. In one configuration everything works on the first script run, all figures coms fine. But on the second run (of the same script) xmin...

How can xming work with OpenGL?

I have an OpenGL (Java + applications) application deployed on a Linux machine. I need to start this application from a Windows machine, display and operate it on Windows. My application shows a whole screen of 2D graphics which is constantly updated. Both machines are OpenGL capable (video cards and drivers). When not remote, the applic...