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RE: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat


What is the version of Cygwin1.dll?

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin DeKorte [mailto:kdekorte@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 4:39 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> 
> 
> This is what I get after I run startxwin.bat
> 
> C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin>xterm
> setegid(544): Invalid argument
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> To: <cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:11 PM
> Subject: RE: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> 
> 
> > You do not need your ip address 127.0.0.1:0.0 is for localhost.
> >
> > What do you see in the console (black windows) for xterm 
> when you press
> > alt+tab?
> > I suspect xterm is dying for some reasons.  Edit your 
> startxwin.bat and
> > comment out rxvt and vtwm
> > Then see if xterm shows up, if it does then kill the x-server and
> uncomment
> > vtwm (that is remove REM before it) and try again.
> >
> > that is
> >
> >  @echo off
> >  SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> >  SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\bin\X11;c:\cygwin\bin
> >  start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> >  start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
> > REM start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> > REM start vtwm
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kevin DeKorte [mailto:kdekorte@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:04 PM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > Subject: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> > >
> > >
> > > I am able to launch the startxwin command after editing the
> > > batch file to be
> > > the following
> > >
> > > @echo off
> > > SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> > > SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\bin\X11;c:\cygwin\bin
> > > start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> > > start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
> > > start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> > > start vtwm
> > >
> > >
> > > I get the b&w checkerd X screen and the X cursor and I can
> > > move the cursor
> > > around. That is all that happens.
> > > I switch back to windows using Alt-Tab and type 'xterm' and
> > > it tells me
> > > 'unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > > I run ipconfig and it tells me that my ip is 9.99.247.10
> > > (provided by DHCP).
> > > I set my display var to be that ip and
> > > I restart X and I get the same error message by with the new
> > > ip.  Any ideas
> > > what is wrong?
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> 

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