Hmm just a quick check, the bash-prompt you fire it up from, is it started from within cygwin X-windows? Is the environment variable $DISPLAY set to something? (you have started X-windows, and tell abacus to where to find it)
I wonder, it seems like you have to blame abaqus, not cygwin, it maybe only checks if exceed is running, if not, it complains, doesn't check for generic X-displayer. Thought 3 or something.. seems to do some 3d? Maybe something it can't find in the cygwin X-displayer, but in exceed? /Andy [...] | I have ABAQUS 6.3.1 for Windows installed on my Windows 2000 laptop. I | also have the current cygwin and cygwin-xfree installed and working | properly and I'm using the waimea window manager. | | I'm starting ABAQUS from a Windows Command Prompt via "abaqus -cae" or | from the Star Menu or from a cygwin bash shell. I get the follow error | messages: | | "ABAQUS Error: The Exceed executable could not be located. This may | indicate a problem with the Exceed installation or an upgrade to the | Exceed installation." | | "First, please check that you have Exceed installed and working correctly. | Then, please reinstall your ABAQUS Products in order to resolve this | problem. If this issue persists, please contact your local ABAQUS support | office for further assistance." | | I don't have Exceed installed and I was hoping there is a way to use the | cygwin XFree86 server in place of Exceed. I'm assuming I have to edit the | abaqus_v6.env and/or graphicsConfig.env files, but I don't know what | changes to make or if it is even possible to do this. Maybe Exceed is | really required, as the ABAQUS documentation indicates. -- You believe in the Users? -Tron Please note, new email, @telia.com -> @comhem.se