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Solve : X Windows display from Unix?

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Hello Folks,

Have X-Win 32 installed on my desktop.

With WINDOWS XP, following commands on unix system work like charm.
export DISPLAY=:0.0
xterm (opens an xterm session).

But they don't work on Windows 7 desktop.
Setting the display & triggering xterm doesn't work. It error's out saying:
Error: Can't open display: :0.0

Is there anything specific that needs to be done for Windows 7.
Advice please.From the X-Win32 wiki:
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That usually means either you haven't started X-Win 32 or you are trying to open a Teer machine and did not check the Enable X-11 forwarding box in PuTTY
X-Win 32 is installed.

Don't MUCH insights into the second half.


While i google it, please let me know if you are AWARE what above requires.Gotcha
I need to enable X11 forwarding in Putty.
Mine was old & didn't support that.
Got a new one & things started working good.

Query:
Thoughts on why this X11 forwarding is required with Windows 7 & not earlier in XP?Quote from: vibhor_agarwalin on June 05, 2013, 03:14:17 AM
Thoughts on why this X11 forwarding is required with Windows 7 & not earlier in XP?
My only GUESS might be related to changes starting in Vista that made the Windows desktop composited, rather than a single 2-D bitmap.Thanks
Let's see if anyone else has something more concrete.


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