X11 forwarding from mac to windows laptop doesn't work

Hi,
I ssh into my mac computer from my windows laptop. However, the x11 forwarding is not working (ie, the x window is not forwarded to my laptop). I'm pretty sure this is a problem with the mac and not my laptop, because if I ssh into a unix machine the x window forwarding to my laptop works fine. Does anyone know how to get the x11 forwarding to work?
thanks
Beth

beth23 wrote:
I'm trying to forward the windows from xemacs and gnuplot.
What happens when you try to run them? Do you get any kind of error message? Have you tried just xterm?
Is it possible you have DISPLAY set to something on the Mac side?
Currently I am using putty to connect to the mac via ssh (and have the enable X windows forwarding box checked), and I have Xming running on my laptop to display the x windows. This setup works fine for connecting to unix machines, but it doesn't work for connecting to the mac.
Does the Mac have the firewall turned on?

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