cygwin-and-x11-forwarding.md

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:**

1. Locate and modify Cygwin shortcut that uses startxwin locate C:cygwin64binXWin.exe change it to C:cygwin64binXWin.exe -listen tcp

2. Check Putty settings: Enable X11 forwarding