I'm kind of beginner with cygwin (not completely though). I need to use X11 but always get the "can't open window" message. Tried to reinstall XFree 3-times, searched the archives and tried whatever was suggested there, nothing worked. I would really need it for remote applications, has anyone experienced similar things or has any suggestions? Every idea helps. Thanks
Do you mean "Can't open display"? This is because your DISPLAY variable isn't set. To test this, do
# echo $DISPLAY
Assuming your shell is bash (echo $SHELL), you can set DISPLAY by doing
# export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
To ensure this is done automatically, check that this is a line in the startxwin.sh or startxwin.bat script you use to start XFree. The default example scripts do contain this command.
-JT
