What I forgot to mention: There is no output generated by executing "startxwin.sh", just an x-window opening that I can use as a terminal.
>> Can you start a cygwin bash shell, run "startxwin.sh" and then copy and paste >> the output into a mail? Also confirm that your keyboard doesn't work for you >> when the X server is started in this fashion. With best regards / Vennlig hilsen Maarten On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Maarten Vanneste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Interesting. I quit cygwin including killing the X-server. Restarted > my cygwin by double clicking the cygwin icon, executed "startxwin.sh", > which prompted an X-window to open, in which I can now type ! > > Going back to the cygwin window in which I typed the "startxwin.sh" > command, I can now open xemacs successfully and can edit. This seems > like a solution. > > So, the x-server shortcut on the desktop may be at odds. This one has > the following characteristics: > Target type: MS-DOS batch file > Target location: Singular > Target: C:\cygwin\lib\Singular\startxserver.bat > Start in: C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin > > Should I change somethings there ? > > The cygwin shortcut has the following properties: > Target type: MS-DOS batch file > Target location: cygwin > Target: C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat > Start in: (left blank) > > I have now made sure to have the full X11 package as well, as I > noticed that some (only a handful) were not yet selected. However, I > doubt whether this was the reason as cygwin prompts when dependencies > occur. > > The keyboard is set up as American per default, as I think this is > much easier to work with over the Norwegian one (or French or > whatever). > > Greatly appreciated ! > > With best regards / Vennlig hilsen > Maarten > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Jon TURNEY > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Maarten Vanneste wrote: >>> Hello again, >>> >>> Thanks for the help and feedback so far. However, I am still >>> struggling with the keyboard issue, i.e. I cannot use it in any editor >>> after updating the X11 package earlier this week. I have just updated >>> once more (reinstalling the X11 package), rebooted, but that did not >>> help either. I also ran "ash" and did /bin/rebaseall, but that did not >>> change. I have no Microsoft Services for Unix installed either. The >>> tmp/XWin.log looks similar as the one I sent two days ago. >> >> Hi Maarten, >> >> Sorry to see you are still having problems. >> >> Can you start a cygwin bash shell, run "startxwin.sh" and then copy and paste >> the output into a mail? Also confirm that your keyboard doesn't work for you >> when the X server is started in this fashion. >> >> Oh, and satisfy my curiosity, are you really using a US keyboard, or a >> Norwegian one? >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > -- 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/
