Finally getting back to this after a very busy week. > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ > > The User's Guide tells you how to install Cygwin/XFree86, including the > startup batch files and shell scripts. I can guarantee that you will not be > successful in installing Cygwin/XFree86 until you follow those instructions.
Got it. It turns out I had muddled through steps 1-5, but not 6-8. I have now extracted the startup scripts, and subsequently tried all 3 startup methods from Chapter 4, without success. There seems to be some kind of problem in getting the X server to start. startxwin.bat in a command window says startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me then a window titled xterm appears. After a few seconds a window titled twm appears, then both close. After a few more seconds this appears in the command window, followed by the command prompt: /USR/X11R6/BIN/XSETROOT: unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0' startxwin.sh in a bash window says X connection to 127.0.0.1:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). and the prompt appears, followed a few seconds later by this message: xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0 startx in a bash window says xinit: not found