Another options is Xming based upon PuTTY. It might be worth a try as it is
free of charge.
http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:30 PM, David Watson <dewatson.olemiss.edu> wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Tom Joseph wrote:
>
>> But it sounds like you are using Windows and the graphical "SSH Secure
>> Shell" Windows-native program, which to my knowledge does not include
>> an X server. You might try Cygwin (www.cygwin.com), which is a free
>> distribution of a number of open-source Unix/Linux software packages,
>> including X.org and OpenSSH.
>>
>>
> Another option, which has worked for me, is to use a "linux live cd" which
> is basically a version of linux that one may burn onto a cd/dvd and then
> boot one's computer from.
> There are many distributions of linux to choose from, so one might want to
> get familiar with the options available.
> Once linux is booted "live", then you connect through a terminal
> application provided with the linux distro to the host using the "ssh -X "
> or "ssh -Y" methods mentioned in the previous responses.
>
>
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