Re: startx????

[Kevin DeKorte <kdekorte at yahoo dot com>]

Rob,

I am running the 4/14 cygwin snapshot and have had
this problem with ALL versions of xfree86/cygwin that
I have tried.

Kevin

--- Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
wrote:
> 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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