This is how I made it work. I start Cygwin at the $ I type startx I get 3 term's running so I close 2 (type exit). On the X background I click and hold the mouse then select "Exit" This leaves me with a X running but nothing else. In the terminal window I type ssh -X -l root xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx I type the password to login I type "kde" and off I go. It is so slick! Thanks to all that helped me with this by the way, I just haven't had the brains to say THANKS! Lansing, Dan wrote: >Ok...ive been hearing about forwarding X through ssh but have not been able to get this to work > >I have tried the -X switch but when I type startx I get the normal text scrolling by when x starts but no x.....am I missing something? I have to ctrl+c to get a usable prompt > >This is what I do >ssh -X -l root xxx.xx.xx.xxx >get the normal ssh session but unable to start x....what am I doing wrong? > >Dan Lansing > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list