I would like to use OpenDX but I was told I would need something called an "x-server" (whatever that is). I haven't downloaded OpenDX yet, but I downloaded cygwin and xFree86-4.1.0 as the xServer. I followed all the instructions to download and install xFree86-4.1.0 and it seemed to go fine. There were no errors. The last page of the xFree86 instructions say that to start xFree86 you should doublclick startxwin.bat. I did this and received two DOS screens and one large gray screen with an "X" that moves across the screen in response to the mouse. I have no clue what this is supposed to do, but the two DOS screens appear to have error messages on them.
One of the DOS screens says the following: Path not found - \cygwin\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 Path not found Invalid path, not directory, or directory not empty Invalid switch - /B Invalid switch - /B Invalid switch - /B Invalid switch - /B C:\WINDOWS\Desktop> The other DOS screen says: winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows 95/98/Me winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 00000007 winSetEngine () - Using user's preference: 4 winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Windowed, command line depth: 32, using depth: 16 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 1018 height 742 winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d 16 winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning winFinishScreenInitFB () - Calling winCreateDefColormap () winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from li st! Based on the errors in these DOS screens, it would appear that xFree86-4.1.0 is not working properly (although I admit I wouldn't know what it looks like if it was working properly). Does anyone know what the problem could be? Ed Mullen
