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RE: startup problems



> I am running NT4 on a Dell Optiplex GXa and have cygwin...b20 
	
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Suhaib

> installed and have
> been trying to get the
> XFree86  XServer running
> 
> Initially  startxwin.bat complained about missing symbols in 
> cygwin1.dll and
> missing vtwm command
> I changed vtwm to twm, then I traced through other messages 
> from lilypond about
> cygwin1.dll and finally
> downloaded cygwin 1.1.8-2
> I adjusted the PATH to ensure the capture of the updated dll
> 
> Here is the DOS window output
> D:\GNU\cygwin-b20\usr\X11R6\bin>startxwin.bat
> 
> ... screen blanks and a new window opens and displays the following
> (if I mouse-click quickly while that new window is up an 
> "acquire keyboard"
> error occurs which
> keeps the new window up so that I can copy-paste the output 
> hereunder. That new
> window
> becomes much larger as though the raster settings are 
> incorrect then goes back
> to normal size
> 
> 
> Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> pwin->width = 00000320
> pwin->height = 00000258
> pwin->paddedWidth = 00000640
> pwin->bitsPerPixel = 00000010
> calling winAllocateFramebufferMemory
> calling cfb16ScreenInit( 0a013b60, 1d0c0000, 00000320, 
> 00000258, 00000064, 00000
> 064, 00000320 )
> Successful addition of Screen 0xa013d58 0xa013b60
> PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file  Roman_M
> error opening security policy file 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> 
> ... screen blanks and original window  displays the following
> 
> D:\GNU\cygwin-b20\usr\X11R6\bin>XIO:  fatal IO error 104 
> (Connection reset by pe
> er) on X server "127.0.0.1:0.0"
>       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X 
> server "127.0.0.1:0.0"
>       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> 
> After that the Windows Office toolbar which is usually on the 
> screen right edge,
> moves
> in to the left in approx proportion to the contraction of the 
> enlarged new
> window mentioned
> above
> 
> Here is the adjusted startxwin.bat
> @echo off
> SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> SET 
> PATH=D:\GNU\cygwin-b20\usr\bin;D:\GNU\cygwin-b20\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH%
> start XWin -screen 0 800x600x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> start /B xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg 
> black -e bash
> start /B rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> start /B twm
> 
> 


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