ciXwin - X Server for Windows
ciXwin is an X Server implementation for Windows systems with a connection wizard. It is a packaging of X, Cygwin and a collection of related tools to make it a standalone solution ready to use.
X is an architecture-independent system for remote GUI and input, common on Unix-like systems. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools. Cygwin/X is a dedicated project/team taking care of X on Cygwin.
Installation
Supported platforms : XP/2003/Vista/2008(R2)/7/2012(R2)/8/10.
ciXwin is available as a zip file containing an installer. Simply unzip your downloaded copy and run the package "ciXwin_x.x.x_Installer.exe" :
- Accept License agreement.
- Specify an installation location.
- Installation starts. By clicking 'Details' button, you can get more detailed information about installation.
- At the end of the installation, you can start ciXwin connect Wizard to setup connections. See Usage section for more information.
Usage
ciXwin is designed for displaying remote X clients via ssh, and comes with a connect wizard to help you start X programs/window managers seamlessly:
Connect wizard starts X server in multiwindow mode if not running before, initiates an ssh connection according to your input. Upon a successful connection, you can start your favorite tools/window managers at the client side. Append always an ampersand to your command (like xterm &) for process initiation at the background.
Uninstallation
This one is easy too:
- Run the uninstaller
- Remove remnants in the installation directory.
Message "X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0" appears during the login and X doesn't start !
Make sure that the xauth package is installed at the client side.
Ubuntu example:
sudo apt-get install xauth
How can I get rid of "connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory" ?
Probably, there is an uncontrolled X instance running at the background.
Terminate it via Task Manager or by using the taskkill command: TASKKILL /F /IM Xwin.exe /T
and start ciXwin connect wizard again.
This package contain components with different terms of licensing:
| Component | Version | Licensing |
| X server |
1.17.4 |
MIT |
| Cygwin and GNU tools |
2.3.1 |
CYGWIN license Source code for Cygwin and GNU Tools are available here. |
| ciXwin (installer/tools) |
1.3.2 |
ciXwin license (Simplified BSD) |