-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark just had to cough out the following stream of bytes from the specified email client, on 9/25/2006 2:02 AM: > Hello, > > I've recently installed cygwin (with ALL of the x11 stuff) and am trying > to open up an xterm, though to no success. I get a pile of messages from > startXWin.sh (which to my novice eyes are unintelligible, there is something > in there about XF86Config and I've tried reading the cygwin docs on this but > the discussion is totally beyond me). Despite this when I type in xterm > afterwards I get absolutely no response. I've attached the error messages > below. Is there further information that you need, or do you have any advice > ?? > > Mark > > ps. if it's at all relevant I'm also using a Swiss keyboard. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > [snip]
Try using startxwin.bat, if that helps. These startup files (startxwin.bat; startxwin.sh; startx) are automatically configured to open an xterm after the window managers, XWin.exe, and all that other stuff. Also, try disabling security software, as that can sometimes interfere with Cygwin. HTH, - -- Charli - --- I'm FULL! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFGb3kKGyf4JaPChgRAraQAJ9NpsKxEWnLw0fu/DinKHzrxfhJ+gCglJ6F rpYD3u43Gt8YNYYn/JKjzaU= =MkrX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/
