Difference between revisions of "X Applications"
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| − | * a Mac: Install and run XQuartz. Then running | + | * a Mac: Install and run XQuartz. At your terminal, enter <code>defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 enable_iglx -bool true</code>. Then running <tt>ssh -Y tools.cs.earlham.edu</tt> at your Terminal app should open the app appropriately. |
| − | * a Windows 10 machine: | + | * a Windows 10 machine: see below (we don't support pre-10 versions of Windows) |
* a Linux OS: You probably need nothing extra, so open your terminal and run <tt>ssh -Y tools.cs.earlham.edu</tt>. | * a Linux OS: You probably need nothing extra, so open your terminal and run <tt>ssh -Y tools.cs.earlham.edu</tt>. | ||
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| + | === Windows === | ||
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| + | Putty and Xming is the configuration with the least overhead. If all you need is remote forwarding of X applications to your Windows machine, and you don't intend to do much with Linux locally, use them. | ||
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| + | Download and install Putty and Xming. Launch Xming (it may be a big gray screen to start with). Then launch and configure Putty: | ||
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| + | * Main screen>Hostname: tools.cs.earlham.edu | ||
| + | * SSH>X11>: toggle "Enable X forwarding" on and set display to "localhost:0" | ||
| + | * Main screen>Saved sessions>Type "Graphics" in the box and click "Save Session" so you don't have to do this every time. | ||
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| + | Then connect. | ||
= As an admin = | = As an admin = | ||
Firewall or other issues may cause X forwarding problems, but in general setting up an app to use X forwarding doesn't require much extra work (Logisim, for example, worked "out of the box" with the commands above). | Firewall or other issues may cause X forwarding problems, but in general setting up an app to use X forwarding doesn't require much extra work (Logisim, for example, worked "out of the box" with the commands above). | ||
Revision as of 09:58, 15 May 2020
NOTE: Steps on this page have not yet been tested, so please do not rely on them until we have vetted it.
We support several applications that run through the X Window System. These include...
- Logisim (POCO)
- an implementation of OpenGL (Graphics)
As a user
If you run...
- a Mac: Install and run XQuartz. At your terminal, enter
defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 enable_iglx -bool true. Then running ssh -Y tools.cs.earlham.edu at your Terminal app should open the app appropriately. - a Windows 10 machine: see below (we don't support pre-10 versions of Windows)
- a Linux OS: You probably need nothing extra, so open your terminal and run ssh -Y tools.cs.earlham.edu.
Windows
Putty and Xming is the configuration with the least overhead. If all you need is remote forwarding of X applications to your Windows machine, and you don't intend to do much with Linux locally, use them.
Download and install Putty and Xming. Launch Xming (it may be a big gray screen to start with). Then launch and configure Putty:
- Main screen>Hostname: tools.cs.earlham.edu
- SSH>X11>: toggle "Enable X forwarding" on and set display to "localhost:0"
- Main screen>Saved sessions>Type "Graphics" in the box and click "Save Session" so you don't have to do this every time.
Then connect.
As an admin
Firewall or other issues may cause X forwarding problems, but in general setting up an app to use X forwarding doesn't require much extra work (Logisim, for example, worked "out of the box" with the commands above).
