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Merged Pavel Jirásek requested to merge xfix into master
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@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ In order to display graphical user interface GUI of various software tools, you
## X Display Forwarding on Windows
On Windows use the PuTTY client to enable X11 forwarding. In PuTTY menu, go to Connection-SSH-X11, mark the Enable X11 forwarding checkbox before logging in. Then log in as usual.
On Windows use the PuTTY client to enable X11 forwarding. In PuTTY menu, go to Connection-SSH-X11, mark the Enable X11 forwarding checkbox before logging in.
![](../../../img/cygwinX11forwarding.png)
Then log in as usual.
To verify the forwarding, type
@@ -130,27 +134,3 @@ In this way, we run remote gnome session on the cluster, displaying it in the lo
Use System-Log Out to close the gnome-session
### if No Able to Forward X11 Using PuTTY to CygwinX
```console
[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](http://x.cygwin.com/docs/man1/startxwin.1.html)
locate
C:cygwin64binXWin.exe
change it
to
C:_cygwin64binXWin.exe -listen tcp_
![XWin-listen-tcp.png](../../../img/XWinlistentcp.png "XWin-listen-tcp.png")
1. Check Putty settings:
Enable X11 forwarding
![](../../../img/cygwinX11forwarding.png)
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