Setup an X server in Solaris 8

When you say "from your desktop" what kind of desktop are you using?

I have an XP desktop where I have installed X-Win32 application to remote into the Solaris 8 server.  the problem is the processes is not started on my Solaris server.  Any instructions on how to turn that on or manage that?

In this case you need to have X Windows S/W (which is basically an X windows manager) installed on your desktop. If your desktop is windows then you may use free X windows S/W like Cygwin

http://x.cygwin.com/

OR

commercial one like exceed.

You need to install cygwin S/W which is a unix / linux env and commands on MS Windows. Then

- start Xserver on your desktop
- start a cygwin terminal or cli on your desktop
- run DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ; export DISPLAY
- from the cygwin terminal run ssh -Y solarissys
- once logged in run your X application

Ok, so it does not look like I have SSH installed, on this machine.  I am following these instructions for the installation of SSH, with the updated packages of course.  

http://www.unixguide.net/sun/ssh_installation.shtml

Any better instructions or any gotcha's i should be aware of?

this is a secure LAN any way to do it not of SSH?

did you try to use exceed or x-win32 ? these are commercial. Please see links below:

http://www.starnet.com/products/xwin32/
http://www.starnet.com/products/xwin32/download.php
http://connectivity.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/

http://www.starnet.com/reactr/Compare/?source=google&group=exceed&campaign=reactr&keyword=exceed%20x11&gclid=CLSu_-2np5YCFQ9KQgodA0_P2g

When you install and start the x windows on your pc then you may connect to  sun solaris (can do discovery on the local network)

Yes but it does not look like the Solaris box is listening on that port tcp 177.  When I connect my sniffer up to it I see in the packets from the Solaris server Port unreachable.  

A little history, I inherited this box an not sure what was installed or not installed on it.  So how do I start the service on the server so i can connect with the X-Windows app or if not present how do I install it?

Thanks for the help.  That was the process that I was missing.