Windows (method 1)

• Download and install Xming
• Download and install PuTTY
• Start Xming (this will put a “X” icon in the taskbar).
• Start PuTTY.
• Under “Connection,” expand SSH and click on X11. Check “Enable X11 forwarding.”
  
   

  

• In the box labled “Host Name (or IP address)”, type ens-hpc.engr.colostate.edu
  
  
• Go to the section Session at the top left and under saved sessions, click on “Default Settings” and click save. This will save the setting for next time.
• Click “Open” to connect
• Log in with your Engineering user name and password.
• Once you are connected, check that applications will open on your computer by typing xclock. This should display a small analog clock.
  
  

Linux

• Open up a terminal window and type:
  ssh -XC <your user name>@ens-hpc.engr.colostate.edu
• Log in with your Engineering user name and password.

Mac OS X

In order to run programs with X-forwarding on Macintosh OS X, you need SSH (which is installed by default) and X11 for Mac OS X, which is freely available.

• Download and install Xquartz
• Open a terminal window
• At the prompt in the terminal window, connect to a compute server by typing:
  ssh -X <your user name>@ens-hpc.engr.colostate.edu
  or, if the -X gives you problems
  ssh -Y <your user name>@ens-hpc.engr.colostate.edu
  Note: The -X enables X-forwarding. Sometimes, you might need to use -Y instead, which enables trusted X-forwarding.
• Run the application you wish to use from the command prompt.