Cygwin and X11 forwarding
If no able to forward X11 using PuTTY to CygwinX
[usename@login1.anselm ~]$ gnome-session &
[1] 23691
[usename@login1.anselm ~]$ PuTTY X11 proxy: unable to connect to forwarded X server: Network error: Connection refused
PuTTY X11 proxy: unable to connect to forwarded X server: Network error: Connection refused
** (gnome-session:23691): WARNING **: Cannot open display:
- Locate and modify Cygwin shortcut that uses startxwin
locate
C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe
change it to
C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe -listen tcp - Check Putty settings:
Enable X11 forwarding