How to let cygwin xwindow work with dual monitor : XWin -multiwindow -multiplemonitors -screen 0 2560x1024 -clipboard -silent-dup-error & The single greatest resource of cygwin, simple and cover most needed resource - http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/2006/08/14/ten_steps_to_higher_cygwin_productivity.html [weiqi@gao] $ head -1 ChangeLog > /dev/clipboard - http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/2004/08/24/1093391695000.html Open bash at explorer - http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/2004/10/17/1098020474000.html X server access deny [$ AUDIT: Fri Sep 14 11:06:29 2007: 4108 XWin: client 1 rejected from IP 10.152.209.19] , solution: [xhost +] How to setup sshd, basically 1) set CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec 2) ssh-host-config (should done all setup) 2) cygrunsrv -I sshd -P /usr/sbin/sshd (if you like to manually add service) http://ncyoung.com/entry/389 Cygwin X tutorial - http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio/education/docs/cygwin_setup.html