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*

![XWin-listen-tcp.png](XWinlistentcp.png "XWin-listen-tcp.png")

2. Check Putty settings: Enable X11 forwarding