I just tried your procedure, but still get the same error messages from startxwin. Maybe there is some helpful information in the logfiles I sent?
-----Original Message----- From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Markus Hoenicka Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:45 AM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: RE: startxwin/XWin won't start properly "Bradley, Mike" <mike_brad...@mentor.com> was heard to say: > I don't see any difference if I set DISPLAY to :0.0 or > 127.0.0.1:0.0. However, in the past its only worked if I set to > 127.0.0.1:0.0 > My current procedure to start X is as follows: 1. do not set $DISPLAY anywhere. It is just empty. 2. open MinTTY 3. type something like "startxwin /usr/bin/emacs" That's about it. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/