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RE: X application fails
- From: Mark Paulus <mark dot paulus at mci dot com>
- To: "cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:56:40 -0600
- Subject: RE: X application fails
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Another option, if it's only 1 app you have problems with
is to run an X VNC Server session on your hpux box
and then run the VNC Client on your windows box to see
the app. I was having some problems with Sun's Workshop
Debugger under Cygwin/X, and that was my solution.
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:47:01 -0500, Terry Dabbs wrote:
>No, Exactly the same error. Unfortunately, the only information I got
>from Agilent was that they couldn't get it to work either, in the past.
>They said it DOES work on linux with their application (isn't it
>virtually the same?). In any case thanks for replying. If you have an
>idea for a direction I could go with this, that would be helpful,
>otherwise I'll have to try other Xservers.
>Terry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Terry Dabbs
>Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:29 PM
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: RE: X application fails
>
>Thanks, I won't be able to try it until Monday. On vacation today, so no
>direct access. I will let you know...
>Terry
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Gottwald
>Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:41 AM
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: X application fails
>On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Terry Dabbs wrote:
>> I'm new to cygwin/X. I installed the cygwin/X package, and an using it
>> with the expectation it will provide a display for hpux clients.
>>
>> What does work:
>> - I use either startxwin.bat -or- startxwin.sh, type xhost + in the
>> shell, then go to the hpux machine and set the display, send "xrdb"
>> commands, and "xterm" runs on my pc from the hpux client. Logging in
>> with XDMCP works, it looks very good.
>>
>> What does not work:
>> I have an X application, Agilent's HPSmarttest, which runs OK with
>> reflections XDMCP, but with both methods above it gives the error
>> message (in a window on the display server!) that it "can not create
>> background window". Since it works using "Reflections", I assume there
>> is some setting, or something that is not set by default.
>Maybe it's a problem with the missing 8bit colorplane on Cygwin/X
>server.
>You might try to run Cygwin/X in 8bit mode (XWin -depth 8 -fullscreen)
>bye
> ago
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