XWin32 Campus License

Yale has a university wide licensing arrangement with Starnet for XWin32 software for MS-Windows computers. XWin32 permits PC users to have graphical Unix/Linux applications on their desktop (see http://www.yale.edu/software/ ).

License Update

The license was updated September 2006. If you are getting an error message "Your license has expired as of Aug-200x", then adjust your client as below:

From your START MENU select:

XWin32-60/X-Config

Click on the license tab.

Enter the license code that corresponds to your IP address from the chart below.

Please follow these directions.

1. Download the current version from the Windows Operating System area of the Yale ITS Software Library.
2. Run the self-installing executable which you just downloaded
   (for example X-WIN544F.EXE).
3. When prompted for the serial number, enter the 20 digit number allocated for the base IP address of your computer.

Usage

Please securely tunnel your connections through SSH by following these simple steps.

1) Obtain and install Xwin32 and SSH

2) Start XWin32

3) Make sure that SSH is set to tunnel X11 connections

4) Log into the Unix host

5) Issue the command for the application

Questions

Enrollment questions? Contact John Woodford by E-Mail john.woodford@yale.edu .

Installation or usage questions? Send wss@yale.edu.