Re: Why don't I get an xterm ??
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark just had to cough out the following stream of bytes from the specified email client, on 9/25/2006 2:02 AM: > Hello, > > I've recently installed cygwin (with ALL of the x11 stuff) and am trying > to open up an xterm, though to no success. I get a pile of messages from > startXWin.sh (which to my novice eyes are unintelligible, there is something > in there about XF86Config and I've tried reading the cygwin docs on this but > the discussion is totally beyond me). Despite this when I type in xterm > afterwards I get absolutely no response. I've attached the error messages > below. Is there further information that you need, or do you have any advice > ?? > > Mark > > ps. if it's at all relevant I'm also using a Swiss keyboard. > > > --- > [snip] Try using startxwin.bat, if that helps. These startup files (startxwin.bat; startxwin.sh; startx) are automatically configured to open an xterm after the window managers, XWin.exe, and all that other stuff. Also, try disabling security software, as that can sometimes interfere with Cygwin. HTH, - -- Charli - --- I'm FULL! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFGb3kKGyf4JaPChgRAraQAJ9NpsKxEWnLw0fu/DinKHzrxfhJ+gCglJ6F rpYD3u43Gt8YNYYn/JKjzaU= =MkrX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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/
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Hello, I've just installed cygwin with X11 and I have a non-regular error . -- Best regards, Gennady mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007 winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless => ShadowGDI winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1280 height: 800 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "0409" (0409) (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4" Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)" 19 [main] X 12268 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3D3000..0x3D4020, done 0, windows pid 2277572, Win32 error 487 (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap (--) 5 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 640 400 -- 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/
