Nikolaus Bates-Haus wrote:
> I ran into something like this setting up my home machine, to which I > don't have access right now. > It ended up being an issue with host / DISPLAY configuration; check out > your /etc/hosts and make sure the entries make sense. I remember I had > to do something with localhost and/or my chosen hostname, and 127.0.0.1, > to get it to work. I dont have that directory. The only host files I found are in a perl scripts folders about 5 levels under the root. I did not see any display stuff like you talk about in any of them. Is there no one who knows why I cant get my window up? > > I think that what's happening is that XWin.exe starts, but all clients > fail to connect, so it just shuts down immediately. > I ended up setting my DISPLAY to something other than the default, as well > (try setting your DISPLAY to be just ":0" rather than "127.0.0.1:0") > I tried that in bash, nota. > -nik > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 08:01:58AM -0500, Ed Conrad wrote: > > Why don't you please re-read the original message. I explained what happens > > when I run the bat files. > > > > The path in the bat files are correct or it would not open the xwindow in the > > first place! You cant even open startx with the wrong path. I get the startx > > window, the window after that and then the xwin pops up for a second or so > > before it crashes. > > > > Something is going wrong when the xwindow is first opend. The fact that I > > can't run XWin.exe is just a clue I included because the user guide says I > > should be able to run it. > > Andrew Markebo wrote: > > > > > / Ed Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > | cygwin is installd. This is a bug or somekind or config problem i have. > > > > > > *bonk* you are trying to run Xwin.exe, what happens if you run > > > startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh?? > > > > > > Basically the problem is that the environment variable PATH doesn't > > > contain c:\cygwin\bin, or where you installed cygwin. If I recall > > > right the startxwin-scripts sets this, but if you want to run without > > > them, you have to set the path yourself. > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > | > | If I try to run XWin.exe, it says that it cant find > > > | > | cygwin1.dll. > > > > > > /Andy > > > -- > > > The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! > >