Re: Newbie help
John Rehill wrote: John Rehill wrote: Total newbie here in relation to not only cygwin & cygwin/X but also to UNIX... I'm a total windows slave. Anyway I've been given the delightful task of trying to configure cygwin and cygwin/X server for use on our systems. But I've run into a wall. Well actually quite a few really but I'll get to the point of the first one... How do I enable cygwin/X server as a service on Windows 2k & XP? I've read the help files and FAQ but although it said to use the cygserver-config script I'm at a lost as to how to do that. René Berber replied Uh? where exactly did you read that? All I need for the moment is the ability to start the server first. The rest I'll ask about later (if people are kind) René Berber replied Type startx in a Cygwin window. -- Oops sorry my mistake I was reading that in the cgywin user guide, about cgyserver and not in the cgywin/x server user guide. Since realising my mistake I've tried adding xwin.exe as a service, which worked but when I try to run a terminal window nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? You're trying to start the X server as a Windows service. Don't do that. Just run "startxwin". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
RE: Newbie help
John Rehill wrote: > Total newbie here in relation to not only cygwin & cygwin/X but also to > UNIX... I'm a total windows slave. > > Anyway I've been given the delightful task of trying to configure cygwin and > cygwin/X server for use on our systems. But I've run into a wall. Well > actually quite a few really but I'll get to the point of the first one... > > How do I enable cygwin/X server as a service on Windows 2k & XP? I've read > the help files and FAQ but although it said to use the cygserver-config > script I'm at a lost as to how to do that. René Berber replied Uh? where exactly did you read that? > All I need for the moment is the ability to start the server first. The > rest I'll ask about later (if people are kind) René Berber replied Type startx in a Cygwin window. -- Oops sorry my mistake I was reading that in the cgywin user guide, about cgyserver and not in the cgywin/x server user guide. Since realising my mistake I've tried adding xwin.exe as a service, which worked but when I try to run a terminal window nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for the help btw... -- 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/
Re: Newbie help
John Rehill wrote: > Total newbie here in relation to not only cygwin & cygwin/X but also to > UNIX... I'm a total windows slave. > > Anyway I've been given the delightful task of trying to configure cygwin and > cygwin/X server for use on our systems. But I've run into a wall. Well > actually quite a few really but I'll get to the point of the first one... > > How do I enable cygwin/X server as a service on Windows 2k & XP? I've read > the help files and FAQ but although it said to use the cygserver-config > script I'm at a lost as to how to do that. Uh? where exactly did you read that? > All I need for the moment is the ability to start the server first. The > rest I'll ask about later (if people are kind) Type startx in a Cygwin window. -- René Berber -- 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/
Newbie help
Hey guys, Total newbie here in relation to not only cygwin & cygwin/X but also to UNIX... I'm a total windows slave. Anyway I've been given the delightful task of trying to configure cygwin and cygwin/X server for use on our systems. But I've run into a wall. Well actually quite a few really but I'll get to the point of the first one... How do I enable cygwin/X server as a service on Windows 2k & XP? I've read the help files and FAQ but although it said to use the cygserver-config script I'm at a lost as to how to do that. All I need for the moment is the ability to start the server first. The rest I'll ask about later (if people are kind) -- 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/
