X-Ming Setup for Putty

Xming X-server User Guide

Table of contents

Xming. 1

Installing Xming (and XLaunch) 1

Installing Xming fonts. 3

Configuring Xming with XLaunch. 3

Putty. 5

Installing Xming Portable Putty. 5

Configuring Putty. 5

VirtualWin. 6

Installing VirtualWin. 6

Configuring VirtualWin. 6

Usage Case Studies. 6

Create an Xterm to log-in to a Unix machine. 6

Create a Putty window to login to a new host 6

Add a new workspace (unnamed) 13

Name a workspace. 13

Make a window visible in ALL workspaces. 14

Move a window into this workspace (we are in) 15

Xming

You need to install

Xming (XLaunch included)
Xming fonts
Xming Portable Putty

Optionally, you can install

Virtual Win: a desktop manager that allows you to partition windows into desktops or workspaces.

Installing Xming (and XLaunch)

Instructions for installing Xming are at http://oit.utk.edu/scc/HowtoInstallXmingForWindows.pdf

Install Xming (not Xming-mesa) from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156984

Use default answers, except for

Installing Xming fonts

Install Xming Fonts from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156984

Give all default answers.

Configuring Xming with XLaunch

Start = the configuration client for Xming

Putty

Installing Xming Portable Putty

Install Xming Portable Putty from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156984

Configuring Putty

Putty does not have a global configuration. Only when you need a specific connection to a host that you configure for that specific connection.

See “Create a Putty window to login to a new host”.

VirtualWin

Installing VirtualWin

Install Virtual Win from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39588

There is no special consideration in the installation.

Configuring VirtualWin

There is no configuration before use of VirtualWin. You configure based on your taste, while you’re using it.

Usage Case Studies

Create an Xterm to log-in to a Unix machine

This is not currently not available, unless you install Cygwin (huge) also. However, PuTTY is also an Xterm emulator.

Create a PuTTY window to login to a new host

Add a new workspace (unnamed)

Name a workspace

Make a window visible in ALL workspaces

Move a window into this workspace (we are in)

The below example moves the “C:\Documents and Settings\squ” from another workspace (1) into the current workspace.