Re: Xwin failure

2006-02-05 Thread Ken Dibble
On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 01:48:12AM -0500, Kurt A. Rinehart wrote: I can't get XWin to open. The X icon shows in the system tray, but xterm does not start and no other X-application can be started either. I followed advice for a similar problem in an earlier post--I uninstalled McAfee

Re: Cygwin X-Windows Crestron SimplWindows Cross Compiler clashing

2005-10-27 Thread Ken Dibble
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 11:45:06AM -0600, Matthew Snow wrote: Neither will work while the other is installed. For testing purposes: Cygwin error message when running startxwin.bat: A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information.

Re: I can not get cygwin to work on my PC

2005-10-18 Thread Ken Dibble
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 04:43:54PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am receiving the following errors when I attempt to access Cygwin. SNIP It would probably be worthwhile to read http://cygwin.com/problems.html In addition you might want to read

Re: cygwin1.dll

2005-10-10 Thread Ken Dibble
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:58:16PM +0200, SaSHa SHokovic wrote: im new in this mailing list, so i dont have any archyve about this problem. I want to use XWin.exe and im getting that where is no cygwin1.dll, i reinstalled it, bet it didnt help. Is there any procedure how can i solve it?

Re: Running X Server

2005-09-29 Thread Ken Dibble
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:11:11PM -0700, Shah Sharif wrote: Hi, I was trying to run X server after my I have intalled the cygwin. I have chosen to install 'all' the packages. In order to run the X server I have typed in the following command: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx After typing that

Re: Could not init font path element problem

2005-09-15 Thread Ken Dibble
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:58:51AM -0400, Francois Couillard wrote: Okay when I'm trying to launch xwin from Cygwin prompt I get a Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list. In the Cygwin/X FAQ, they say to fix this problem by a. Open a Cygwin shell

Re: Grey screen problem

2005-09-14 Thread Ken Dibble
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 09:47:13AM -0400, Francois Couillard wrote: Ken Dibble wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:20:09PM -0400, Francois Couillard wrote: I'm using windows 2000 to connect to a Debian Sarge server. Using Cygwin, I'm typing xwin -query myip to connect to my Debian server

Re: Grey screen problem

2005-09-13 Thread Ken Dibble
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:20:09PM -0400, Francois Couillard wrote: I'm using windows 2000 to connect to a Debian Sarge server. Using Cygwin, I'm typing xwin -query myip to connect to my Debian server. Theres only a grey screen that appears with an 'x' cursor. I also tried xwin -query

Re: Failed xorg/XWin launch

2005-09-10 Thread Ken Dibble
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:27:41PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To whom it may concern, All 4 methods outlined in the User's Guide of launching xorg/XWin produced similar errors. Further, attempts to cut-and-paste the contents of the XWin.log or sending it as an attachement have

Re: Can I close the startx cygwin shell?

2005-08-12 Thread Ken Dibble
Trebor Sreyb wrote: Is there some way to run startx without opening a cygwin shell window? Or, alternatively, to exit the shell window after the X window manager has successfully started? Otherwise, I find myself having to leave open a cygwin shell window that is used for nothing other than

Re: gv: Unable to open the display.

2005-07-25 Thread Ken Dibble
lin q wrote: Hi, I just installed gv using the cygwin installer, I select Download from the internet option and the install process runs for quite a while. After that I run /usr/X11R6/bin/gv.exe and I saw this error, gv: Unable to open the display. What does that mean? Should I

Re: Errors when attempting 'xwin -query edeptpgrid20'

2005-07-20 Thread Ken Dibble
Martin, Charles W (US SSA) wrote: XWin.log file contains the following: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.1.0-5 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: xwin -query edeptpgrid20 ddxProcessArgument -

Re: Fatal server error:

2005-06-17 Thread Ken Dibble
Per Cherwy wrote: Hi CygWin I have downloaded and installed coLinux and CygWin, because i found the possibility to run Linux with X-interface in Windows very nice. Below here you will find the error message from the XWin-log. I hope you can help me to get it running. Best regards, Per C.

Re: not sure whats wrong

2005-04-21 Thread Ken Dibble
Here are some places to start: http://www.waimea.org/wiki/CygwinXTroubleShooting http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-01/msg00098.html http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-12/msg00053.html Mark Blaskovich wrote: $ cd /usr/X11R6/bin/ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The

Re: 30+ reasons why X-Win32 is Better than Cygwin/X

2005-03-09 Thread Ken Dibble
I know nothing about X other than it is a good tool for some of the things that I do. I do not know if the following is of interest or not. When the codebase was changed from Xfree86 to Xorg, the Mac-on-Linux video driver for Cygwin/X no longer worked. I have been using X-Deep/32 for X usage

Re: startx (still) hangs at startup

2005-03-04 Thread Ken Dibble
Barron J Bichon wrote: I know this is a problem repeatedly posted on this list, but none of the solutions I have read seem to work for me. I'm running cygwin with XP Home (SP2). When I run startx I get this: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-1

Re: Newbie Question

2004-11-06 Thread Ken Dibble
Andy Wagoner wrote: Hi, How do I set up startxwin.bat to use wmaker? I've got every possible package installed, I'm sure its just a quick config in the bat file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Andy http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.html

Re: cygwin and startx

2004-09-03 Thread Ken Dibble
Start here: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Mamedov, Joel wrote: I get startx: bash: startx: command not found message. I have downloaded and installed a full package. I can't find startx anywhere in cygwin folders.

Re: -multiwindow crash under XP

2004-08-16 Thread Ken Dibble
A cursory search of the cygwin-xfree mailing list would have returned http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-06/msg00100.html (and more) which talks about a variety of reasons for X failing including mounts, firewalls, and others. If you have already read and followed these suggestions,

Re: can't paste from Windows to X clients

2004-08-12 Thread Ken Dibble
just for grins, what happens with start XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -dpi 100 ? Andrew Schulman wrote: I run XWin.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -dpi 100 . I can copy and paste from X to Windows clients, but not from Windows to X clients. Windows to Windows and X to X copies also work fine.

Re: can't paste from Windows to X clients

2004-08-10 Thread Ken Dibble
I have this problem intermittently. It seems to only happen when I forget to hit Ctrl-C on the windows side. I forget that just highlighting the text isn't good enough after being spoiled on the X side. Andrew Schulman wrote: I run XWin.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -dpi 100 . I can copy and

Re: installing a window manager - help please

2004-08-09 Thread Ken Dibble
It's probably best to address things one at a time. Immediately after you do the install (i.e. before you make changes), what happens when you double-click startxwin.bat? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm feeling pretty frustrated and stupid at the moment, because after 3 days of

Re: using cygnome with x11

2004-08-09 Thread Ken Dibble
I'd first check that your .xinitrc is executable. Failing that: http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html dc wrote: Simple Question: How do I get a gnome-session to always start when I startx. I have set my path to include the x11/bin. I have made an ~/.xinitrc file containing exec gnome-session line.

Re: installing a window manager - help please - answers to helpers questions

2004-08-09 Thread Ken Dibble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, thankyou to all the replies so far - I appreciate it very much. It's still not working but here are the answers to your questions: - From Ken Dibble - Immediately after you do the install (i.e. before you make changes

Re: X server hangs on startup

2004-08-07 Thread Ken Dibble
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00192.html http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00181.html http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00161.html http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00158.html

Re: XWin on Windows 98 unreliable

2004-07-25 Thread Ken Dibble
These are some of the things I have heard people complain about: the entry 127.0.0.1 localhost is not in /etc/hosts file Are you configured to use a proxy server? (AOL ?) Do you have multiple network interfaces enabled? Do you have a network drive mapped to your computer? Are you using Trumpet

Re: Problem with display

2004-07-09 Thread Ken Dibble
Does the remote machine have X forwarding turned on? Wey Leong wrote: Hi, I used ssh -Y -l username remote_IP to connect to a remote machine. After login to remote machine, I tried to run xterm and fluent. But both gave me an error saying that Can't open display (please see attached JPEG and LOG