I'm forced to use cygwin for work so I have no choice. I solved the problem. Anyway I thank you for your advice. bye
Tor Lillqvist wrote: > >> Hello, i installed cygwin, gtk+(available with cygwin) and eclipse on >> Windows xp. >> "Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:" > > Are you aware that the GTK+ for Cygwin is built with the X11 backend, > i.e. software that uses it requires an X server (also know as > "display")? (Either running on the same machine, or remotely.) (Also > note that Cygwin is really a separate Unix-style operating system that > just happens to run on top of Windows.) > > Is that really what you want? If not, forget GTK+ on Cygwin and just > use GTK+ on Windows instead. Be very careful not to confuse and mix > Cygwin libraries and Windows libraries when building something. > > Is the Eclipse you are using also a Cygwin one? > > If your intention is not to build software that runs on Cygwin and > requires an X display, I would suggest you avoid Cygwin completely. > > Instead just install the MinGW compiler, and use that from Eclipse. > For GTK+ on Windows, the simplest is to download the "bundle" from > http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html and then run pkg-config to > get the appropriate compiler flags to pass the compiler from Eclipse. > I can't help you more with that, I don't use Eclipse. > > In fact, I would suggest that you first learn how to build GTK+ > software directly from the command line without letting Eclipse hide > what is really happening... but this is just my personal opinion. As a > command-line environment I then suggest using MSYS and its bash shell. > > MinGW and MSYS are available from www.mingw.org. > > --tml > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/cygwin-gtk%2B--eclipse-on-windows-Gtk-WARNING-cannot-open-display-tp28949244p29000102.html Sent from the Gtk+ - Apps Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
