Cannot type in xterm
I recently upgraded Cygwin on my windows 2000 box, and am no longer able to type in an xterm. I used to start X by running 'startx' from cygwin, but I see now I need to use 'startxwin.bat' or 'startxwin.sh'. I have found the same response regardless of which way I start it, no response to keyboard input. I am running unix services for windows on this box, and found the mention of it interfering: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#microsoft-services-for-unix So I unset those four system variables, and there was no improvement. What do I need to change next? -- 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/
Re: Cannot type in xterm
Never mind, I found a solution. I found that, just as the FAQ says, the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB Does not exist. However, as the file /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB does, I created a symbolic link pointing from the inexistent file to the one that does now exist, and life is good. For reasons I cannot explain, the updated startxwin.bat file did not resolve this situation on its own, nor did startxwin.sh. thanks Lee -- 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/
Re: Cannot type in xterm
Lee S Parsons wrote: Never mind, I found a solution. I found that, just as the FAQ says, the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB Does not exist. However, as the file /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB does, I created a symbolic link pointing from the inexistent file to the one that does now exist, and life is good. For reasons I cannot explain, the updated startxwin.bat file did not resolve this situation on its own, nor did startxwin.sh. Did you read the entire FAQ entry? If you are (perhaps unintentionally) using a copy of the old startxwin.bat (perhaps under another name) to start the X server, remove the environment variables XAPPLRESDIR, XCMSDB, XNLSPATH and XKEYSYMDB from it, or (preferrably) use the updated startxwin.bat. So you're apparently using an old startxwin.bat/.sh. While you can certainly tweak things to make these work in the new environment, if it's all the same to you, things will go easier for you if you use the new scripts with the new environment. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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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