X11 over SSH using Putty in Win7

[coolrazor]

I've read a number of web pages on this and scoured a few forums, but I can't seem to get it to work. Here's the low down so far:

[don't know if this matters] server has a bridge interface

Edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10

Edited /etc/ssh/ssh_config
Host *
ForwardAgent yes
ForwardX11 yes
ForwardX11Trusted yes
# RhostsRSAAuthentication no
# RSAAuthentication yes

Putty: X11 page
checked the "enable X11 forwarding" checkbox
X Display Location: localhost:0

Checked /etc/hosts file and it has "127.0.0.1 localhost" (some other people had a problem with this)

When I log in via Putty, as the user I'll try xterm and get:
tim@matrixreloaded:~$ xterm
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0

If I sudo to root and try it I get:
root@matrixreloaded:/home/tim# xterm
PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attemptedWarning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user.
The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted
in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the
program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable.
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s

Any ideas on what to do? Brand new server install too. :???:

[SeijiSensei]

Windows 7 doesn't know anything about X-Windows. I believe there are some X-Windows implementations for Windows, but having never used them, I can't give you any help in that regard. This page looks promising, though: http://128.100.5.70/wiki/RemoteAccess/SSHTunneling/XWindowsWindows

[coolrazor]

yeah, that didn't help me. I've tried the putty instructions and I would really rather not use cygwin on this computer.

[anglican]

yeah, that didn't help me. I've tried the putty instructions and I would really rather not use cygwin on this computer.Then follow the advice on that page and google "Windows X servers". Xming works well - top of the list when I googled.

H

[coolrazor]

Tried Xming and it looks like it is working pretty well.
Still wondering if it is possible without Xming, but this works for my purposes.

[joberly]

Nope, not possible. Windows does not know how to render applications in the Linux world, so you need a 3rd party Xwindows renderer.