On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Paminu wrote: > How do I get xdvi to work in cygwin? Its installed but I get this error > when I run it from a shell: > > Error: Can't open display.
xdvi is an X application. You need a running X server to be able to display it. If you want a non-X dvi viewer, use yap from MiKTeX. > If I doubleclick "xdvi-xaw.bin.exe" in : C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin > > I get the error: > > This program could not be startet because cygkpathsea-4.dll not was found. > > If I try to start xfig I get the same message but just with "Cygwin1.dll" > instead. > > Hope someone can help! Cygwin/X programs need to be invoked from an environment with a properly set up PATH (e.g., a bash shell). You can also add the Cygwin /bin directory to your system PATH. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/