[geeks] Remote GNOME via Cygwin/X

[Mark Benson]

Michael-John Turner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:16:43PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote:
>> Can I start something to log into a GNOME session from the same command  
>> line? I have been trawling results on Google for an hour and they all  
>> describe something sort of like what I want to do but not, I can't find  
>> the bit of info I need (how many times do you find that with OSS Stuff??)!
> 
> If you configure Cygwin/X to run your X sessions within a single window
> rather than seamlessly, you should be able to start gnome-session and have
> it manage your X session. To do this, unselect "Hide Root Window" on the
> Cygwin/X context menu and then start gnome-session from an xterm.
> 
> There are probably easier ways, but that should at least get you started.

That was just the ticket I was looking for. Thanks!

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