Re: startx????

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

Kevin,
    Can you try a current snapshot, not cygwin 1.1.8? I ask not because
I know of anything definately affecting you, but because I have had no
troubles with startx from bash with all cygwins for the last 6 months...

(and yes thats with local xterms vtwm etc)

Rob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin DeKorte" <kdekorte@yahoo.com>
To: "cygwin xfree" <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 5:17 AM
Subject: RE: startx????


> Suhaib,
>
>
> Using startxwin from a command prompt does work (I get
> the xserver running), but I cannot run xterm or twm
> from the CygWin/XFree86 distribution. I can only run
> xterms that display on CygWin/Xfree86 from remote
> machines and I thought the error message would be
> helpful for you.
>
> Is it possible that something is broken with accept?
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> --- Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > from my bash prompt
> > >
> > > administrator@KDEKORTE ~
> > > $ cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> > >
> > > administrator@KDEKORTE /usr/X11R6/bin
> > > $ ls -la X
> > > lrwxrwxrwx   1 administ None           15 Apr 18
> > 13:01
> > > X -> XWin
> > >
> >
> > Chack if you can start using startxwin.bat from DOS.
> >
> > > administrator@KDEKORTE /usr/X11R6/bin
> > > $
> > >
> > > Also, should there be something else in the
> > /etc/X11
> > > directory besides the SecurutyPolicy file in the
> > > xserver directory?
> > >
> >
> > It is optional. You can have whatever you like, or
> > copy the entire /etc/X11
> > from Linux
> > that will work too
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Your server is not starting using starx script.
> > > >  do a ls -l in /usr/X11R6/bin directory.  Make
> > sure
> > > > X is a ymlink to
> > > > XWin.exe.
> > > >
> > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Kevin DeKorte
> > [mailto:kdekorte@yahoo.com]
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:41 PM
> > > > > To: cygwin xfree
> > > > > Subject: startx????
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Suhaib,
> > > > >
> > > > > I ran startx from the cygwin bash prompt and
> > got
> > > > the
> > > > > following. Is this normal? Ok to do?
> > > > >
> > > > > Setup: cygwin1.dll   4/14
> > > > >        Xfree 4.0.3   Got on 4/18
> > > > >
> > > > >        Win2K  SP1 DirectX 8.0a
> > > > >
> > > > > administrator@KDEKORTE /usr/X11R6/bin
> > > > > $ startx
> > > > >
> > > > > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix
> > should
> > > > be
> > > > > set to root
> > > > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > > > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw
> > > > installed
> > > > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing
> > PrimaryDD
> > > > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4
> > > > installed
> > > > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning,
> > > > supported
> > > > > engines 0000000f
> > > > > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw
> > > > NonLocking
> > > > > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () -
> > WindowClient
> > > > > width 640 height 480
> > > > > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800
> > > > 000007e0
> > > > > 0000001f RGB 6 d 16
> > > > > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning
> > > > >
> > > > > waiting for X server to begin accepting
> > > > connections .
> > > > > ..
> > > > > _XSERVTransSocketUNIXAccept: accept() failed
> > > > > ..
> > > > > _XSERVTransSocketUNIXAccept: accept() failed
> > > > > ..
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This last part goes on forever...
> > > > >
> > > > > Kevin
> > > > >
> > > > > =====
> > > > > ---------------------------------
> > > > > Kevin DeKorte
> > > > > kdekorte@yahoo.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
>
>
>
> =====
> ---------------------------------
> Kevin DeKorte
> kdekorte@yahoo.com
>
>
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