Thursday, August 18, 2011

Logging Into Linux Desktop with Xming, Xnest and Putty

I use Xming and Putty to remotely log into my Linux desktop over a secure connection. Since I use xdm for the X11 login screen, I had to set up xdm for remote login. I made sure /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config had this setting:


DisplayManager.requestPort: 117

I changed /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess to allow any connection:


echo "*" > /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess

I installed xnest on the Linux machine.


On Windows, install xming and X11 fonts. Start the Xming server.


Xming.exe :16 -clipboard -multiwindow -nolisten inet6

Then, start putty, enable X11 port forwarding and connect to the Linux box. Once you are logged into the remote terminal, start Xnest:


Xnest :16 -ac -geometry 960x720 -once -query 127.0.0.1

A window will pop up showing your lovely Linux destkop. Now, enjoy your Linux applications on Windows.

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