[GLLUG] Re: X server with OpenGL support

Marshal Newrock marshal at idealso.com
Wed Feb 6 14:16:45 EST 2008


On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:53:01 -0500
"Marcus Rademacher" <radema39 at msu.edu> wrote:

> [Sorry if this is a double send. I sent the first last week and it
> didn't show up in the archives so I assumed it didn't go through for
> whatever reason.]
> 
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a good X server for Windows? I'm
> trying to use Abaqus/CAE on a remote Linux machine (which requires
> OpenGL support on the X server), and not having much luck with the
> open source tools. Cygwin/X doesn't work at all for this. Xming (and
> Xming-mesa) works as far as opening the program, but crashes when I
> open a database. Other (non-open source) options are Exceed 3D or
> Xwin32, but both of those are pretty expensive. If someone has a way
> to get Xming to work, that'd be a fine solution as well.

Have you tried FreeNX?  The server runs on Linux, but the client runs
on Windows, Linux, and MacOSX.

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Marshal Newrock
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