{"id":6269,"date":"2016-09-14T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/crf\/?page_id=6269"},"modified":"2016-09-14T17:47:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T17:47:27","slug":"x-win32-how-to","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/crf\/guide\/resources\/x-win32-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Win32 How-To"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Computer Science department license’s X-Win32 for use on department machines. X-Win32 is an X11R6 compatible X Windows client for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4.0, 2000 and Windows XP. It supports multiple login mechanisims and can be combined with a Windows SSH client to support secure X11 sessions.<\/p>\n

Installation<\/h3>\n

1. Download X-Win32 from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Contact CRF for a license key<\/b> (CS affiliates only)<\/p>\n

3. Run X-Win32.<\/p>\n

3. You will be presented with the license dialog when you first run X-Win32.<\/p>\n

— Select “Floating”. On the next dialog type the license key in the box and select “next” then “finish” to activate the program.<\/p>\n

4. Go to X-Win32 configuration, in the Security Tab.<\/p>\n

5. Click on “Add” and type: 127.0.0.1<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Check “Access Control”<\/p>\n

Now access control is enabled, which means nobody can connect to your X server without yoru permission.<\/p>\n

Note<\/b>: This copy of X-Win32 is restricted to the CS Department network and will not work elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Note<\/b>: We recommend using Xming, which is a X Windows System Server for Windows. You can check for more details and download it from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We provide instructions on how to use X-win32 with Putty or X-win32 with StarNetSSH. If you get an error using X-win32 with Putty, please follow the instruction below to use X-win32 with StarNetSSH.<\/p>\n

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X-win32 with Putty<\/h3>\n
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  1. Run X-Win32 on your PC (All Programs -> X-Win32 8.0 -> X-Win32)<\/li>\n
  2. If you haven’t already, download putty from here<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Run putty<\/li>\n
  4. In putty, type: compute.cs.columbia.edu<\/span> in the “Host Name” field.<\/li>\n
  5. Click on “Connection” -> “SSH” -> “Tunnels”<\/li>\n
  6. Check the box for “Enable X11 forwarding”<\/li>\n
  7. Go back to “Session”<\/li>\n
  8. Type: CS Compute Cluster<\/span> into “Saved Sessions”<\/li>\n
  9. Click “Save” to save it for subsequent use.<\/li>\n
  10. Click: “Open” button. A new window should appear.<\/li>\n
  11. Type in your username and password to log in<\/li>\n
  12. Once you are logged into cluster, type: “xterm&” and you should see the Xterm window open. (Sometimes the Xterm window opens in the behind all the other windows.)<\/li>\n
  13. Any X GUI program such as Matlab or Mathematica will open a new window if you run it from the command line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    X-win32 with StarNetSSH<\/h3>\n

    StarNetSSH will solve the remote connection problem as shown below.
    \nXlib: connection to “localhost:12.0” refused by server<\/b>
    \nXlib: Can not connect to a host on a restricted network<\/b><\/p>\n

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        1. Select Star->All Programs->Xwin32->X-Config->Manual->StarNetSSH<\/li>\n
        2. Fill in the information as below:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

          Session Name: CLIC (or any name of your choice)<\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n

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              \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Host: clic.cs.columbia.edu (or any CS host name you want to connect to)<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

               <\/p>\n

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                  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Login: CS Unix account login<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

                   <\/p>\n

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                      \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Command: xterm&<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

                       <\/p>\n

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                          \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Password: CS Unix account password<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

                           <\/p>\n

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                          1. Save your seesion and make a short cut for your desktop<\/li>\n
                          2. Click on the save icon on the desktop to get the first Xterm window<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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