Re: how do I get help if I can't figure out how to do anything?
Have you looked at the troubleshooting documentation? You know you can run with verbose and log options. My guess is that the reason the display can't be opened is made reasonable clear in your log file(s). I'm also going to hazard a guess that your xserver doesn't have opengl support. Wendel Dean Renner wrote: Do you have a list of consultants? And it is not like I am ignorant of computers. I write c++ code. Without help, who is going to be able to use anything provided? Have managed to compile and link a Open GL, X/Motif program (using lesstif) and get Error: Can't open display. Need to be able to run program remotely on a ubuntu system. I can't get beyond connection refused. Ran xstartwin.bat and lost control c - control V on Windows. -- 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/ -- 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: how do I get help if I can't figure out how to do anything?
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 09:44:34AM -0500, Wendel Dean Renner wrote: Do you have a list of consultants? And it is not like I am ignorant of computers. I write c++ code. Without help, who is going to be able to use anything provided? What is a consultant? Are you actualy saying that you will be willing to pay someone to help you? If not, then this list is your consultant. If so, then the answer is probably no. It's free software so if you don't understand something then you read the documentation. If the documentation doesn't help then you ask in an appropriate forum and are grateful when someone volunteers time to help you. cgf -- 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: how do I get help if I can't figure out how to do anything?
Wendel Dean Renner wrote: Do you have a list of consultants? And it is not like I am ignorant of computers. I write c++ code. Without help, who is going to be able to use anything provided? Have managed to compile and link a Open GL, X/Motif program (using lesstif) and get Error: Can't open display. Need to be able to run program remotely on a ubuntu system. I can't get beyond connection refused. Ran xstartwin.bat and lost control c - control V on Windows. -- 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/ One issue that comes to mind is your environment. Have you tried running other x-clients such as xterm or xclock? Is the $DISPLAY environmental variable set? Cygwin is a tremendously useful bridge between Windows and Linux but it's often frustrating to use. -- 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: how do I get help if I can't figure out how to do anything?
Have you tried starting the Cygwin X Server with the -ac option to disable access control? Scott Gene C. Ruzicka wrote: Wendel Dean Renner wrote: Do you have a list of consultants? And it is not like I am ignorant of computers. I write c++ code. Without help, who is going to be able to use anything provided? Have managed to compile and link a Open GL, X/Motif program (using lesstif) and get Error: Can't open display. Need to be able to run program remotely on a ubuntu system. I can't get beyond connection refused. Ran xstartwin.bat and lost control c - control V on Windows. -- 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/ One issue that comes to mind is your environment. Have you tried running other x-clients such as xterm or xclock? Is the $DISPLAY environmental variable set? Cygwin is a tremendously useful bridge between Windows and Linux but it's often frustrating to use. -- 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/ -- 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/
