On 19/02/2010 15:40, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
I just did a fresh install on Vista, and confirmed the following
1) From an administrator account, it works out-of-the-box. Beautiful.
2) From a regular user account, clicking the x-server or shell icons, produces
a UAC prompt.
The behavior,
On 18/02/2010 03:38, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
And that is the problem (server, shell and xterm have to run as
administrator). Even if the programs are set to run at elevated privilege,
they will still throw up a UAC dialog, and the user will have to type in an
administrator password.
I think,
, February 19, 2010 10:10 AM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing
On 18/02/2010 03:38, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
And that is the problem (server, shell and xterm have to run as
administrator). Even if the programs are set to run
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
On 17/02/2010 18:59, Scott Fordin wrote:
FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server,
bash shell, and xterm as Administrator for everything to work.
There is nothing about the X server that requires Administrator
privileges. I run W7 with
Dr. M. C. Nelson mcnelson at materialintelligencellc.com writes:
We installed cygwin/x on a new acer laptop (vista).
The X server does not start from the icon, and the x server does not start
from the command line startx
The batch script startxwin.bat is not present
On 17/02/2010 08:42, Jim Olson wrote:
I found that using the (1 year old) startxwin.bat is
easier than trying to figure out how to get startwin.exe
with a $HOME/.startxwinrc file after
trying to do the latter, because I would get
wmaker warning: wrong option value for key NewStyle.
Should
FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server,
bash shell, and xterm as Administrator for everything to work.
Scott
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
On 17/02/2010 08:42, Jim Olson wrote:
I found that using the (1 year old) startxwin.bat is
easier than trying to figure out how
...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com] On
Behalf Of Scott Fordin
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:00 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing
FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server
On 17/02/2010 18:59, Scott Fordin wrote:
FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server,
bash shell, and xterm as Administrator for everything to work.
There is nothing about the X server that requires Administrator
privileges. I run W7 with the default UAC settings
I think something else might be going on.
Note the following line from the log file
XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/bin/X :0
-auth /home/Tattie/.serverauth.2764
The start command is being run from a user Dvorah, but the start is
trying to access a file under
On 03/02/2010 01:18, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
We installed cygwin/x on a new acer laptop (vista).
The X server does not start from the icon, and the x server does not start
from the command line startx
The batch script startxwin.bat is not present.
Don't panic about the absence
On 02/02/2010 08:18 PM, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
We installed cygwin/x on a new acer laptop (vista).
The X server does not start from the icon, and the x server does not start
from the command line startx
Your XWin.0.log file indicates that the server is already started. This
means the
and I can start xterm from that!
I changed the timeoutfor checkX to 60, and then it works. What can make
XWin.exe take so long to start up?
Could it be reverse name lookup? If so, how can I solve that without
providing working reverse lookup?
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Just thought I'd throw this out for those of you having trouble
starting the X server. I had been using the stock icon to launch the X server,
which shortcuts to:
C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/startxwin.bat
This worked fine, except that the xterm did not appear. I could
to terminate. Moreover
run false -wait
does *not* set %errorlevel% to 1.
Why are you using run for these?
I normally don't. It was what I boiled down the non-functioning line
%RUN% checkX -wait -d %DISPLAY% -t 12
in startxwin.bat (from xinit-1.1.1-6.tar.bz2) to.
Like that, the -wait has
On 16/10/2009 09:39, Ken Brown wrote:
So I think startxwin.bat should use
%RUN% checkX -wait -d %DISPLAY% -t 12
I've tested this on my system, and xterm always starts. If I omit
'-wait', xterm sometimes doesn't start.
Thanks for the bug report. This has been fixed in xinit-1.1.1-6.
Yaakov
I don't think the line
%RUN% checkX -d %DISPLAY% -t 12
in startxwin.bat accomplishes anything, because run.exe returns
immediately, and checkX runs in the background. From 'man run':
run [ -p path ] command [ -wait ] arguments
[...]
Issuing -wait as first program argument will make run
On 10/16/2009 10:39 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
I don't think the line
%RUN% checkX -d %DISPLAY% -t 12
in startxwin.bat accomplishes anything, because run.exe returns
immediately, and checkX runs in the background. From 'man run':
run [ -p path ] command [ -wait ] arguments
[...]
Issuing -wait
On 01/09/2009 12:58, Phil Betts wrote:
Jose Luis wrote:
I can start xterm from startxwin.bat:
%RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
but no rxvt:
%RUN% rxvt -bg white -fg black -e /bin/bash
although it can be started from command line:
jlfd...@jlfdiazwxp
Jon TURNEY wrote:
Is there a reason why we can't do 'checkx -d %DISPLAY% -t 30' rather
than counting up to 30 ourselves?
Well, -t with a number larger than 12 is not useful. Xlib itself will
timeout after 12 seconds if it can't contact the xserver. The -t option
for checkx (and run2) simply
Jose Luis wrote:
I can start xterm from startxwin.bat:
%RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
but no rxvt:
%RUN% rxvt -bg white -fg black -e /bin/bash
although it can be started from command line:
jlfd...@jlfdiazwxp ~
$ rxvt -bg white -fg black -e /bin
Hi,
I can start xterm from startxwin.bat:
%RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
but no rxvt:
%RUN% rxvt -bg white -fg black -e /bin/bash
although it can be started from command line:
jlfd...@jlfdiazwxp ~
$ rxvt -bg white -fg black -e /bin/bash
Why does
On 26/06/2009 17:53, Rob Gillen wrote:
PROPOSAL: please remove the current directory from the PATH setting in
startxwin.bat.
Yes, that's not right. Thanks for pointing it out.
I've queued up a patch to fix that.
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Problem
PROPOSAL: please remove the current directory from the PATH setting in
startxwin.bat.
EXPLANATION: I noticed while editing my startxwin.bat to change the
CYGWIN_ROOT to point to my 1.7 installation that the PATH assignment a
couple of lines below it included the current directory as its *first
Frédéric Bron wrote:
This bug is valid for 1.5 and 1.7:
I have installed cygwin in D:\cygwin-1.5
but startxwin.bat contains SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin
It should be updated to SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin-1.5
Can someone change this in the installation process?
Also the Start in directory should also
This bug is valid for 1.5 and 1.7:
I have installed cygwin in D:\cygwin-1.5
but startxwin.bat contains SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin
It should be updated to SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin-1.5
Can someone change this in the installation process?
Also the Start in directory should also be D:\ or D:\cygwin-1.5
Not strictly speaking a bugreport (everything works as described), but a
proposal how to make life easier:
startxwin.bat currently contains the line
SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin
Unless your Cygwin Root happens to be at that location, this has to be
edited manually.
This would not be necessary
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
As Larry and others have
Linda Walsh cyg...@tlinx.org writes:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
My cygwin lives in D: and X starts from bat file.
,
| SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\home\installations\cygwin
`
Or did I completely miss
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your windows path, as
mine is).
If not, need to look in the registry:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your windows
path, as mine is).
If not, need to look in the registry:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your windows
path, as mine is).
If not, need to look
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your
windows path, as mine is).
If not, need
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your
windows path
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p (presuming your cygwin\bin
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use mount -p
it working :)
I had to change the server from which I was fetching stuff to see the
latest version. Also I had a shortcut to an outdated startxwin.bat. It
looks like the new location of startxwin.bat is /usr/bin/startxwin.bat
whereas it was previously /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat.
Hmm... you mean like
in the X11 category
which was marked as Keep.
Even after following all these steps, startxwin.bat still reports the
same error. One strange thing I noticed is that the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
directory does not contain a fonts/ subdirectory. Is that normal? If
not, how do I recreate it?
Elsewhere, I
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I suddenly began getting the error message:
A fatal error has occured and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open
/tmp/XWin.log for more information. The trailing part of /tmp/XWin.log
mentions the following:
Please
Hi Yakov,
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I suddenly began getting the error message:
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/tmp/XWin.log for
Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
Hi Yakov,
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
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Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I did upgrade to the latest xorg-server. (It is
now at 1.5.3-2). In fact, as I mentioned previously, I tried
reinstalling all packages under the X11 category. However, this
doesn't seem to fix
the server from which I was fetching stuff to see the
latest version. Also I had a shortcut to an outdated startxwin.bat. It
looks like the new location of startxwin.bat is /usr/bin/startxwin.bat
whereas it was previously /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat.
Regards,
Srinath
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can anyone tell me where to get the startxwin batch file now that
everything has been moved around?
Thanks,
Evan
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Does your boss think that closed source upgrades never break anything? I
seem to recall a lot of stuff stopped working for folks when they
upgraded from Win XP to Vista.
Evan Carew wrote:
Thanks Marco. I got that sinking feeling when the scripts disappeared
from /usr/X11/bin. Particularly as
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I've been a subscriber to this list for some time, but I believe this is my
first
post. I'm a college professor who uses Cygwin in a small PC lab. I can start
an X server just fine (I'm an Administrator under Windows on these machines)
but my students cannot. I've
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Enviado el: miércoles, 06 de febrero de 2008 18:19
Para: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Asunto: Re: Problems using startxwin.bat
There have been similar posts in the past about how to set up
/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/
or OE-Quotefix if you use Outlook Express:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
Asunto: Re: Problems using startxwin.bat
There have been similar posts in the past about how to set up for
multiple users. Since I don't have that setup, I can only
are the specifics:
i) When my students attempt to run startxwin.bat, they get a dialog box telling
them they have a fatal error and to look at Xwin.log (I have attached an
Xwin.log
from a machine where a student attempted to use startxwin.bat). I do not get
this error when I run startxwin.bat
already read the FAQ. Here are the
specifics:
i) When my students attempt to run startxwin.bat, they get a dialog
box telling
them they have a fatal error and to look at Xwin.log (I have attached
an Xwin.log
from a machine where a student attempted to use startxwin.bat). I do
not get
this error when
just gave Everyone Full Control to
the /tmp directory and made it inheritable, that solved the problem.
However, now under Vista, Everyone no longer gets propagated to the
/tmp/X11-unix directory so when another user runs startxwin.bat it
cannot delete the X0 file and remove the sud-directory
attempts to run the startxwin.bat file they get a window that pops up
and says:
A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit.
Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information.
XWin was started with the following command-line:
/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup
was still listed
2. Closed all cygwin windows
3. Re-ran setup.exe
4. reinstalled xorg-x11-f100, xorg-x11-fcyr, xorg-x11-fenc,
xorg-x11-fnts, and xorg-x11-fscl
5. Opened a cygwin shell and deleted /tmp/XWin.log
5. ran C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat again
still no change. Here is a copy
the following steps and then tried to run startxwin.bat, no
change though.
-Brett
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$ mount -bs C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
$ mount
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr
On 3/30/07, Brett Harris wrote:
I reinstalled cygwin and can't seem to get the XServer to start. It fails
with Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'. Section 8.4
of the FAQ gives a fix, which doesn't seem to be applicable to my situation.
I've tried both re-installing the
I have this in my mount table that you are missing:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type
system (binmode)
Could you try that?
I snipped out lots of your data just to save space.
-Jason
Performed the following steps and then tried to run startxwin.bat
. My remote host
was failing with the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 error message. Eventually, I
added -auth ~/.Xauthority to the command line that starts XWin.exe
in startxwin.bat. That did the trick.
Question:
My question is this... Is there a way to add -auth ~/.Xauthority
option to the startup of XWin.exe
and experimenting xauth. My remote host
was failing with the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 error message. Eventually, I
added -auth ~/.Xauthority to the command line that starts XWin.exe
in startxwin.bat. That did the trick.
Question:
My question is this... Is there a way to add -auth ~/.Xauthority
option
settings didn't persist.
Spent half a day researching and experimenting xauth. My remote host
was failing with the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 error message. Eventually, I
added -auth ~/.Xauthority to the command line that starts XWin.exe
in startxwin.bat. That did the trick.
Question:
My
in startxwin.bat. That did the trick.
Question:
My question is this... Is there a way to add -auth ~/.Xauthority
option to the startup of XWin.exe without modifying any of the
provided files? Something like the ~/.cvsrc file. I'd like to make
sure that the next time X-startup-scripts
René Berber wrote:
Scott Fordin wrote: [snip]
Strange thing though is that it does work on another machine.
Very strange, the differences you sent don't show an invalid script
at all. One of the 2 files has \r\n endings (that's the reason for
the first 2 differences) but as long as they are
than opening a bash
shell and then running startx from there. I've tried configuring
a similar shortcut for startx, but I can't get it to work. Since
startxwin.bat fails with the same error as startxserver.bat, I
can't just use that on the desktop instead. I don't have a
standalone version of Perl
/X11R6/bin XWin -multiwindow -clipboard
-silent-dup-error -dpi 100
Since
startxwin.bat fails with the same error as startxserver.bat, I
can't just use that on the desktop instead. I don't have a
standalone version of Perl installed, so I can't run the .sh
version of the script. I don't know how
, operable program or batch file.
- Snip -
So? That means the above .bat file is trying to execute something else that
also doesn't come with Cygwin... and is not even an executable.
I then tried the /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat script and got
the above .bat file is trying to execute something
else that also doesn't come with Cygwin... and is not even an
executable.
Again. Dunno. It's what came with the distro.
I then tried the /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat script and got the
same error.
If you received the same error message
/startxwin.bat script and got the same
error.
[snip]
Now to the real problem: are the files different?
They should be. There is no reference to the Singular directory in the normal
startxwin.bat file... check for symbolic or hard links, perhaps Singular's
(post)installation is doing something wrong
Lionel B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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had the same thing (also Win2K Pro). On failure to start, XWin.log
revealed the following (which was not present on a successful restart):
(EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
Identical error...
Charli Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I have W2K Professional, and it works just fine. You may want to edit the
startxwin.bat file to fit your needs. (Rightclick startxwin.bat edit)
For
your convenience, I wrote up this seperate little batch script (run under
Brett Serkez bserkez at gmail.com writes:
I have not seen a hang per se, but some times I run STARTXWIN.BAT and
nothing happens, I never get the X server or the xterm, sometimes I
get the X server but no xterm. If I run the script again, I usually
get an xterm. No errors, no hangs.
Since
snip
This is EXACTLY the behavior I'm getting am describing as a hang, except
that I don't get a xterm. The reason I'm trying to track it down is that I
would *really* like to drop a link to startxwin.bat into my startup folder and
have it run at startup so I don't have to think about
In my case, the startxwin.bat file doesn't set the paths correctly. I had
to modify it to suit my needs, like this (to follow a batch script I wrote):
startxwin.bat:
@echo off
SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
REM
REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume
REM that Cygwin
Douglas J. Renze wrote:
The subject says it all.
STARTXWIN.BAT is hanging on the startup under Win2KPro. If I run it,
it will stall out - I can't right-click on the X icon in the system
tray to bring up the menu, and when I examine the processes, it
appears that XWin.exe is running, as well
The subject says it all.
STARTXWIN.BAT is hanging on the startup under Win2KPro. If I run it, it
will stall out - I can't right-click on the X icon in the system tray to
bring up the menu, and when I examine the processes, it appears that
XWin.exe is running, as well as an xterm.exe process
I have W2K Professional, and it works just fine. You may want to edit the
startxwin.bat file to fit your needs. (Rightclick startxwin.bat edit) For
your convenience, I wrote up this seperate little batch script (run under
cmd or standalone):
@echo off
C:
set CYGWINBASE=C:\cygwin
set HOME
STARTXWIN.BAT is hanging on the startup under Win2KPro. If I run it, it
will stall out - I can't right-click on the X icon in the system tray to
bring up the menu, and when I examine the processes, it appears that
XWin.exe is running, as well as an xterm.exe process, but no XTerm ever pops
up
I recently had to reinstall cygwin and have come across an annoying problem
which
I cant seem to solve.
Ive got cygwin all isntalled and running correctly but when I use startxwin.bat
to start up an X server I firstly get an MSDOS window saying that its starting
the server and then I get
On Thu, May 19,2005 08:34:14 John Morrison wrote
On Thu, May 19, 2005 12:01 am, Angelo Graziosi said:
With this new release there is a
Permission denied
when a NOT-ADMIN user starts the X system (startxwin.bat)
He has not access to remove
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Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:00 PM
Subject: Problems with startxwin.bat
I have pretty much the same problem as José Cabrera.
I am running this startxwin.bat from Windows XP:
@echo off
SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
REM
REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume
REM
I have pretty much the same problem as José Cabrera.
I am running this startxwin.bat from Windows XP:
@echo off
SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
REM
REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume
REM that Cygwin is installed in a directory called 'cygwin' in the root
REM
Greetings!
Yesterday, everything was fine. Today, after a reboot I have problems
starting xterm. However, I am able to start rdesktop ok, even though the
screen is not displayed right. (Attached are two files: .XWinrc and
.xinitrc)
Here is the startxwin.bat output:
StartXWinOutput
Jon wrote:
I'm trying to run startxwin.bat on a Windows XP system. When I do, the
Cygwin/X Server starts however when the terminal window comes up, I get the
two following error messages:
xterm: Can't execvp /usr/bin/bash: No such file or directory
xterm: Could not exec /bin/sh
Howdy,
I installed the latest release of Cygwin, and it
doesn't include startxwin.bat. Is this normal? Was it
removed for a specific reason?
I remember playing around with CygwinX about a year
ago and it was there.
John
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New
John Hebert wrote:
Howdy,
I installed the latest release of Cygwin, and it
doesn't include startxwin.bat. Is this normal? Was it
removed for a specific reason?
I remember playing around with CygwinX about a year
ago and it was there.
do you have the startup-scripts package form X11
startxwin.bat. Is this normal? Was
it
removed for a specific reason?
I remember playing around with CygwinX about a
year
ago and it was there.
do you have the startup-scripts package form X11
section installed?
bye
ago
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I'll bet I'm not the only noob making the same
mistake.
You weren't!
Thanks for the info. It's a good suggestion.
Kris
I have found the problem: it was simply that I didn't realize those scripts
form their own package, X-startup-scripts. This is the third time I install
Cygwin/Xfree and I don't remember having to explicitly set those scripts to be
included. Sorry about the distraction.
Rodrigo
Hi,
I have just freshly installed cygwin/xfree (although I had it before and
completely uninstalled it). Following the documentation, I looked for
startxwin.bat (or .sh) but they are not in /usr/X11R6/bin as stated.
I have selected the xwinwm package. That in itself, I believe, should have
with the 'startxwin.bat' ok, albeit, it does open a
separate terminal window. I can easily work with this.
Thanks
Sterling
Anyone know why when I start cygwin with /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat all I
get is an 'X' in the tray but no actual window. This worked correctly until
I applied the latest updates which change to the Xorg-X instead of the
XFree86. I can still start cygwin in terminal mode and then use
/usr
You probably just need to grab the xterm package.
Harold
Sterling Baker wrote:
Anyone know why when I start cygwin with /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat all I
get is an 'X' in the tray but no actual window. This worked correctly until
I applied the latest updates which change to the Xorg-X instead
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Sterling Baker wrote:
Anyone know why when I start cygwin with /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat all I
get is an 'X' in the tray but no actual window.
startxwin now starts XWin in multiwindow mode. If you want the old behaviour
edit /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat/usr/X11R6/bin
You probably just need to grab the xterm package.
Harold
Already had it.
startxwin now starts XWin in multiwindow mode. If you want
the old behaviour edit /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat snip
and remove the -multiwindow option
bye
ago
That was already done.
Sterling
Sterling Baker wrote:
You probably just need to grab the xterm package.
Harold
Already had it.
startxwin now starts XWin in multiwindow mode. If you want
the old behaviour edit /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat snip
and remove the -multiwindow option
bye
ago
Oh, sorry, that is because
Please, could anyone help me with this!
I've install the cygwin on my Windows XP Professional and I'm try to use
startxwin.bat. It is Ok.
But, when I click on X (Show Root Window) - my screen and my mouse are
frozen and the Xwin.exe process is 100%.
Could you help me?
TIA
Best Regards
neto
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Neto, Antonio Jose Rodrigues wrote:
Hi All,
Please, could you help me?
I've install the cygwin on my Windows XP Professional and I'm try to use
startxwin.bat. It is Ok.
But, when I click on X (Show Root Window) - my screen and my mouse are
frozen and the Xwin.exe
Neto, Antonio Jose Rodrigues wrote:
But, when I click on X (Show Root Window) - my screen and my mouse are
frozen and the Xwin.exe process is 100%.
I found the bug and it is fixed in the next release.
bye
ago
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Hi All,
Please, could you help me?
I've install the cygwin on my Windows XP Professional and I'm try to use
startxwin.bat. It is Ok.
But, when I click on X (Show Root Window) - my screen and my mouse are
frozen and the Xwin.exe process is 100%.
Could you help me?
TIA
Best Regards
neto
PS
Louis,
Perhaps you are having a problem with fonts. Please reinstall
XFree86-fnts package.
Takuma Murakami
The setup program should select the packages you need, like cygwin.
/Andy
/ robert jacques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| After downloading and installing cygwin the user guides directs you on how
| to start cygwin.
|
| One method is to run /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat by double-clicking
robert jacques wrote:
After downloading and installing cygwin the user guides directs you on how
to start cygwin.
One method is to run /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat by double-clicking it in
Windows Explorer.
startxwin.bat. However, I get the followining 2 error messages:
1)required
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