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Re: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
This is what I get after I run startxwin.bat
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin>xterm
setegid(544): Invalid argument
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:11 PM
Subject: RE: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> You do not need your ip address 127.0.0.1:0.0 is for localhost.
>
> What do you see in the console (black windows) for xterm when you press
> alt+tab?
> I suspect xterm is dying for some reasons. Edit your startxwin.bat and
> comment out rxvt and vtwm
> Then see if xterm shows up, if it does then kill the x-server and
uncomment
> vtwm (that is remove REM before it) and try again.
>
> that is
>
> @echo off
> SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\bin\X11;c:\cygwin\bin
> start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
> REM start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> REM start vtwm
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin DeKorte [mailto:kdekorte@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:04 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > Subject: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> >
> >
> > I am able to launch the startxwin command after editing the
> > batch file to be
> > the following
> >
> > @echo off
> > SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> > SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\bin\X11;c:\cygwin\bin
> > start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> > start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
> > start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> > start vtwm
> >
> >
> > I get the b&w checkerd X screen and the X cursor and I can
> > move the cursor
> > around. That is all that happens.
> > I switch back to windows using Alt-Tab and type 'xterm' and
> > it tells me
> > 'unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > I run ipconfig and it tells me that my ip is 9.99.247.10
> > (provided by DHCP).
> > I set my display var to be that ip and
> > I restart X and I get the same error message by with the new
> > ip. Any ideas
> > what is wrong?
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >