Suggest reinstalling Cygwin with additional options as follows:
- xwin-xdg-menu
- xwinclip
- xwininfo
- cygrunsrv (if you're going to run an sshd server)
- curl (if you test network connections of various protocols, useful
when ping is blocked)
- geany (lightweight IDE or programmer's editor)
- mate-terminal ( or other Xwindow terminal programs (I like MATE
terminal, but Xterm works also)
- dia (Visio like vector based drawing program with some pretty good
built in stencils)
There, that should get you started. No need to remove anything you've already
got installed, just run latest installer setup.exe or setup-x86.exe and pick
the new programs. When it finishes, you should have a new application in your
Cygwin/X menu item in Windows called "XWin Server", run that. You should then
see two new icons pop up in the task bar, one is the X server and is only there
to tell you that Xserver is active, the other looks like the bash launch icon,
right click on that and voila, there is your new XDG desktop menu where all
your graphical Cygwin programs will show up.
Let me know if this was helpful.
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of
mrushton
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 1:55 PM
To: cygwin
Subject: Can not get XWindows to Work in Cygwin/X .... I LOVE CYGWIN, USE IT
EVERY DAY
Dear Cygwin,
I am trying to get the X Windows to work, I must be doing something wrong. I
read the FAQ and manual but no go. I have Cygwin/X installed on a Windows 7
Desktop.
I type Startxwin or xwin and just get a xterm to the server ? I got some
directions I am gonna try tonight.
I would like to take this chance to say thanks for the software .... I LOVE
CYGWIN, USE IT EVERY DAY.
I have shell scripting that runs my EDI programs ... it was on the korn shell
on MKS toolkit .... the one person i worked with wanted to save money and
(unknow to me) never paid the Software Maint. fees to mks .... and when I went
to renew ... they wanted a huge sum of money and gave me a destuction date for
the software .... i explained that I needed to run 2 environments and could not
destroy the software.
They would not deal with me, help me or for that matter, return my calls or
email.
It took a little work ... but I ported my scripting to bash under Cygwin.
Next time the arrogant sales rep called me asking what I wanted to do ... I
said I moved to the free, Open Source Cygwin and simply have no further need of
your overpriced software.
OPEN SOURCE RULES !!!
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