Does your bash prompt say 'i have no name', if so your ID in /etc/passwd is too large, it has to be less than 65536 (16 bit). Your ID is the third field (separated by ':') on the line with your login. I was getting the same useless window that you are describing and this was what my problem is. If this is what's wrong, just change the ID to something < 65536.
Tom Rice Boeing RTS-Comanche -----Original Message----- From: Macdonald, Luke H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:45 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: cannot use Xfree86 > Hi, > I installed Xfree86 4.2.1 onto my windows 2k box at work which has Cygwin up > and running normally. Every time I try to start X, it crashes. These are the > commands I tried, followed by the respective error message or a description of > what happens. > $ X , and $xwin > -in these cases, a window called Cygwin/Xfree86 -0:0 opens, which looks like a > linux environment. However, the mouse buttons do nothing and no terminals > open, i.e. this window is useless. > $xinit > - the same window opens, and immediately closes. The bash terminal reads: > waiting for X server to shut down > $startx > - the same window opens, but this time there are drop down menus on mouse > clicks, and a clock. However, the window quickly closes and the following > message appears in the cygwin bash terminal: > > cat: //.Xauthority: No such file or directory > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > waiting for X server to shut down XIO: fatal IO error 113 > (Connection > on X server ":0.0" > after 58 requests (49 known processed) with 0 events > remaining. > > I've tried to generate the .Xauthority file with $xauth generate 0:0 . > xauth: creating new authority file /.Xauthority > xauth: (argv):1: unable to open display "0:0". > > What is going on here? I appreciate any help. > > Luke > >
