Perry, Take a look at /tmp/XWin.log... my suspicion is that you goofed on installing the fonts.
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Perry Hutchison > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 5:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: How do I run it? > > > Finally getting back to this after a very busy week. > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ > > > > The User's Guide tells you how to install Cygwin/XFree86, including the > > startup batch files and shell scripts. I can guarantee that > you will not be > > successful in installing Cygwin/XFree86 until you follow those > instructions. > > Got it. It turns out I had muddled through steps 1-5, but not 6-8. > > I have now extracted the startup scripts, and subsequently tried all > 3 startup methods from Chapter 4, without success. There seems to be > some kind of problem in getting the X server to start. > > startxwin.bat in a command window says > > startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me > > then a window titled xterm appears. After a few seconds a window > titled twm appears, then both close. After a few more seconds this > appears in the command window, followed by the command prompt: > > /USR/X11R6/BIN/XSETROOT: unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0' > > startxwin.sh in a bash window says > > X connection to 127.0.0.1:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server > shutdown). > > and the prompt appears, followed a few seconds later by this message: > > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0 > > startx in a bash window says > > xinit: not found >
