starting fluxbox with x11 forwarding

[Cerf]

Hey

I'm running cygwin on a windows xp computer. I have set it up to get an x11 server running. Using putty, I have connected to my slack box. I want to start fluxbox because it is an awesome windows manager. when I run startx flux box is started on the host computer and is not forwarded!

I have tryied using startfluxbox, but I get the following errors"


cerf@amon:~$ startfluxbox
Warning: Failed to open file(/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US.UTF-8/fluxbox.cat)
for translation, using default messages.
Warning: Failed to open file(/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US.UTF-8/fluxbox.cat)
for translation, using default messages.
apps file failure
BScreen::BScreen: an error occured while querying the X server.
another window manager already running on display localhost:10.0
Error: Couldn't find screens to manage.
Make sure you don't have another window manager running.
cerf@amon:~$



I have also tried using just `fluxbox' but with no luck:


cerf@amon:~$ startfluxbox
Warning: Failed to open file(/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US.UTF-8/fluxbox.cat)
for translation, using default messages.
Warning: Failed to open file(/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US.UTF-8/fluxbox.cat)
for translation, using default messages.
apps file failure
BScreen::BScreen: an error occured while querying the X server.
another window manager already running on display localhost:10.0
Error: Couldn't find screens to manage.
Make sure you don't have another window manager running.
cerf@amon:~$ fluxbox
Warning: Failed to open file(/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US.UTF-8/fluxbox.cat)
for translation, using default messages.
apps file failure
BScreen::BScreen: an error occured while querying the X server.
another window manager already running on display localhost:10.0
Error: Couldn't find screens to manage.
Make sure you don't have another window manager running.
cerf@amon:~$


Is what I'm trying to do even possible? Any ideas?

[happybunny]

ssh -X /linux/box

$ startx


You need a Windows based X server, you know?

[Cerf]

ssh -X /linux/box

$ startx


You need a Windows based X server, you know?

startx starts the x server on the remote computer. It starts the X server on the server, not the client.

[happybunny]

startx usually checks to see if the x server is running, then launches whatever DE is in your ~/.xinitrc? file....i think.

[dr_te_z]

Do not have the solution, but I think the problem is:
on windows you have
- putty (ssh capable)
- cygwin (X server)

No sure, but try to connect to linux first using plain-old-unsecure telnet. Then start X, export your DISPLAY in the putty-telnet session and try to start the xlcock.
When that works, try to start a complete window-manager. When that works, try to establish the same using ssh.

btw:
when you configure xdm/gdm/kdm on the linux-box and type from your cygwin shell X -query 192.168.0.whaterver -once you also get what you want...
If you ensist on ssh, I'd recommend in combination with VNC instead of cygwin.