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RE: xfree86 runs but programs can't connect to it
- To: <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: xfree86 runs but programs can't connect to it
- From: "Alex Sim" <asim at OCF dot Berkeley dot EDU>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:20:39 -0800
the discussion ended without any solutions...
and I'm having the same problem....
any conclusions about thsi "can't display" problem?
thanks!
--Alex
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RE: xfree86 runs but programs can't connect to it
Subject: RE: xfree86 runs but programs can't connect to it
From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:07:31 -0500
Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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you may have answered it but I do not remember.. dos the X-sever
(gray desktop with wavy lines) stays alive?
how about in startxwin.bat changing the xterm command line to
xterm :0
and comment out with REM all the other options except XWIN.
then cd to \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin from a cmd and type startxwin.
Suhaib
> >From where do you try to start an xterm, an command shell
> from outside
> >xfree, or an xterm from the inside??
> >
> >Does the xterm fire up when you run the startxwin.bat?
>
> I can't get an xterm started. It doesn't launch from the
> startxwin.bat. I also tried doing it manually at the command
> shell, but it gives an error that it can't connect to the display.
>
> >What kind of networking do you have installed? Only pcmcia card, or
> >dial up modem also (might be that tcpip is shutdown when
> >disconnected).
>
> I've got a pcmcia card (Xircom), and I've also tried dialup.
> Tcpip seems to work in that I can ping 127.0.0.1 and my
> actual IP address.
>
> I tried:
>
> SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0
>
> and that didn't help either (I also tried setting it to the
> actual IP address).
>
> - Tom
> tshort@my-deja.com
>