Another silly question: Did you install the X server? It is optional. If you did, have you restarted Windows since the installation? On my WinXP system, the X server is automagically started when I boot. I don't remember doing anything special to have this done for me.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Dazzo, Matt > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:16 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: X11 Error > > I believe both Rich and John are correct in that Cygwin X > server is NOT running on my Windows box. There is no X in the > bottom right hand corner. So I tried starting it with command > 'startxwin' and 'startx' and got command not found. > > When I launch Cygwin and enter 'printenv DISPLAY' I see no > setting, so it looks like I have to enter export DISPLAY=:0.0 > > It appeared that my install of cygwin ran ok on windows. Any > ideas? Thanks > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > $ printenv DISPLAY > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > $ startx > -bash: startx: command not found > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > $ startxwin > -bash: startxwin: command not found > > MDAZZO@MDAZZO ~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:46 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: X11 Error > > Silly question from me, but do you have the Cygwin X server > running on your Windows box? On my Windows/XP, on the bottom > right of the screen are a bunch of icons. Once of which is a > capital X in black with a red circle around the middle. This > tells me that the X server is working. On the Windows box, I > assume you're using a bash shell (looks like it). Try > entering "printenv DISPLAY". My system comes back with > "localhost:0.0". And I __did not__ need to set it like you > did! When you logon to Linux, try issuing the command: > "printenv DISPLAY" again. I get back: "localhost:11.0". > > I hope this was of some help to you. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail > and destroy all copies of the original message. > HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten > and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, > Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West > National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA > Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Dazzo, Matt > > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:23 AM > > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: X11 Error > > > > I installed cygwin on my windows XP work station and > > connecting to RHEL5.6 server. I can sign on but get the > > following messages. This file /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 does not > > existing my RHEL server or on windows cygwin /tmp. Any help > > is appreciated. Thanks Matt > > > > > > MATT@MATT ~ > > $ export DISPLAY=:0.0 > > > > MATT@MATT ~ > > $ ssh -Y r...@xx.x.xx.xxx > > r...@xx.x.xx.xxx's password: > > Warning: No xauth data; using > > fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. > > Last login: Wed Feb 22 15:31:34 2012 from xx.xx.x.xx > > [root@lntest1 ~]# xclock > > connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory > > X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or > > server shutdown). > > [root@lntest1 ~]# > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > > LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
