Thanks for the response. I do not understand why the x-startup-scripts are not installed. I have tried a number of sites to install from selecting all packages.
Are the startup scripts something that need manual installation? If so how is this done. Or is the a site that you recommend installing from? Thanks Robert > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, ROBERT T JOAN V SAVAGE wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have installed cygwin and am having troubles running xwin or xwin > > -multiwindows. > > > > Running xwin pops open window, but has not drop down menus to start, for > > instance and xterm. > > > > If I run xwin -multiwindow nothing seems to happen. The log file is as > > follows: > > > > Welcome to the XWin X Server > > Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project > > Release: 6.8.1.0-5 > > [snip] > > XWin was started with the following command line: > > X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard > > [snip] > > winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 > > winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the > > display. > > [snip] > > What exactly did you expect would happen? The log shows the X server as > started and waiting for connections. Now you need to open an X > application (e.g., xterm) -- it won't be opened automatically when you > start the X server directly the way you did (by running XWin.exe). > > You have a few choices: > > - Install the X-startup-scripts, and use either "startxwin.sh" or "startx" > to start the X server (both will, IIRC, open at least an xterm for you). > > - Install the X-start-menu-icons package and use the Start menu to open > whatever applications you need. > > - Use the old-fashioned way and open a regular Cygwin console (via the > Cygwin icon on your desktop), and from the prompt run > > DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 xterm & > > - Do the above, but run a window manager instead (provided you're in > non-multiwindow mode, which in itself is a window manager). Most X window > managers (e.g., twm, fvwm, WindowMaker, openbox) will have a desktop menu > that allows to start X applications. Note that only twm comes with X by > default, others have to be installed separately. > > - Starting the X server should have created an icon in your system tray. > ISTR there was some work on adding a menu to that icon that would let you > start applications and control the X server. Don't know if that was ever > completed, though, or if it's been included in the default XWin package... > > There are other ways, but they are more arcane... :-) > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total > Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT >