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Re: beinnner frustration ...
Kenn,
You have not installed Cygwin/XFree86. You need to run Cygwin's
setup.exe again (you do not need to uninstall Cygwin, setup is smart
enough to download only the new packages), and you need to be sure to
expand the XFree86 category and select the XFree86-base package. You
can then start Cygwin/XFree86 by double-clicking the startxwin.bat file
that should reside in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat.
After you have that working, you can make a copy of startxwin.bat, being
sure to leave it in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin, REM out the lines that
start xterm, twm, and xsetroot, then change add the -query parameter to
the line that starts XWin.exe, as described in the user's guide.
Harold
Kenn Murrah wrote:
no, i found that section, but was confused by it (sorry!) ...
it looked like a linux-style syntax, so i tried entering it at the $ prompt
in cygwin ... but it could not find the program ...
so i tried to find that program as a windows command (such as the .exe
extension would indicate) and i couldn't find that, either ...
a search of the windows box turned up no programs named xwin.exe ... so
there's no telling what i've done (or failed to do) ....
any ideas?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: beinnner frustration ...
Kenn,
You must have missed the most relevant section of the Cygwin/XFree86
User's Guide:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html
Harold
Kenn Murrah wrote:
okay, i've read the user manual and the FAQ and still can't figure out
how
to get started ... please feel free to tell me to RTFM, but please oh
please
help me figure out WHAT and WHERE to read :-)
anyway, i installed xfree86/cygwin and i have an icon on my windows
desktop
to prove it ... how the heck do i connect to the linux box on my network,
and login with one of my linux usernames, and run X on my windows box?
i hate to feel stupid ... someone PLEASE point me in the direction of a
document i can understand.
thanks,
kenn