On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Scott Cegielski wrote:
> Hello,
> Please help. This is my first time trying to start X windows using cygwin
> although I have been using cygwin for a while now. I am running it like this:
>
> 1. Open cygwin bash shell
> 2. Type startxwin.bat
>
> The problem is that not much happens after that except that an X icon shows up
> in the windows task bar. If I open the windows Task Manager, I can see that
> there are two XWin.exe programs running. There is also an xterm.exe running,
> although I cannot see it on my screen. I have tried killing one of the
> XWin.exe processes, but the xterm never opens.
Do you have ZoneAlarm or other Personal Firewalls or Live Virusscanners
installed?
The interfere with the cygwin network handling and will break Cygwin/X.
bye
ago
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