> From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- > ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of wgw...@sbcglobal.net > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:47 PM
> I sent this post earlier this week and have not received any > replies. > If this is the wrong place to post this, > please let me know where I should. This is the place, but I don't know how many of us have tried using 64 bit Windows 7 yet. I know I haven't, but I'll offer advice anyway. (What's the smiley for "evil leer"?) > I just bought a new PC with windows 7 64 bit, build number 7600, > version 6.1. > I downloaded a fresh install of cygwin and cannot get cygwin-x xterm > running. Cygwin version is 1.7.0(0.218/5/3) > > I tried running the cygwin-x XWin Server shortcut command line from a > cmd > window to get the error output: > > C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/startxwin.bat > > and see this: > > "/usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0" > > this seems to be coming from this command in the batch file: > :\Users\princess>C:\cygwin\bin\\..\bin\run -p /usr/bin xterm -e > /usr/bin/bash - > > usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0 ...implying that the server didn't start. > If I kill the server and run the script again, I'll get a > STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION error, indicating > some sort of shared memory corruption. I then have to restart the PC. > I > checked to see if there > was more than one cygwin1.dll in response to earlier posts about this > error > and there is only one. > > I tried turning off the windows firewall. That helps in other ways, > because > other cygwin network > utilities, such as nslookup were blocked until I did that. > > I tried changing the display from 127.0.0.1 to the IP address of the > machine. I believe the X server listens on 0.0.0.0, so that shouldn't make a difference. > Basically, I have a fresh machine with windows 7 and a fresh install of > cygwin and I can't get > xterm to work. Anyone have any ideas? Or is this just a windows 7 > thing, > and I'll have to give > up on cygwin-x for a while? > > BTW, other shortcuts in the cygwin-x start folder work, such as bitmap > and > xcalc, just not the > Xwin server and xterm. How can xcalc work if the server doesn't start?! Please send your /var/log/XWin0.log and cygcheck.out (cygcheck -s -v -r >cygcheck.out) as attachments in the hope that they will inspire. Thanks, Mike