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Re: installation under winME


Roger,

Xfree works fine for me using Win98 and WinME.  It works so well, in fact,
that I'm going to give up using vnc to get into my Linux box.  I've tried
it with several different machines, even a '486.  A lot of programs made for
X will compile and run on windows.  I've been using icewm, which is what I
prefer on Linux.  Keep fussing with it, it's worth the effort.

All I did is install everything according to the users guide.  But then
you have to tweak the startup scripts to your liking.  For example, here
is what I am using to start X from a cygwin prompt: 

#!/bin/sh
#This file is named mystartx
#put this in your path where bash can find it, like /usr/X11R6/bin
#local WinME box is 192.168.4.51
#Linux server is 192.168.4.8
XWin -screen 0 800x556x16 -query 192.168.4.8 -from 192.168.4.51 &

If you put that command in a one file, and name it "mystartx", then you can
call it from a batch file like this:

rem This file is named mystart.bat
set path=c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\X11r6\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\l
ocal\bin;%path%
C:
bash.exe mystartx

On my RedHat 6.x system, I had to add this line to /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
%hostlist 192.168.4.51

I'm no expert, but this got me started at least...

Ralph

At 07:39 PM 6/21/2001 +0200, "Roger Wenham" <wrinkley3@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Having watched and posted for a while, there seems to be a common theme
>that some people, (including me) cannot get Xfree to work on WindowsME and
>Win98.
>
>To sum up:
>Using startx, the client waits forever for the server to start accepting
>connections.
>A window does appear, and the cursor works, but thats it.
>
>As suggested, I and others have tried using both 127.0.0.1 and the ethernet
>address of the
>machine, to no avail.
>The exported DISPLAY variable is OK.
>
>I have tried starting it from the batch file, a shell file supplied by
>Suhaib, and from the command line.
>All methods show the same result.
>
>As to the version, I am using the latest version available of both cygwin
>and Xfree. Just this
>morning I deleted Xfree and reinstalled it with the latest downloadable
>version, no change.
>
>I guess everyone is very frustrated, I know I am, but I am determined to get
>to the bottom of this...
>
>Some questions:
>    What port does the server listen on?
>    When the server opens and binds its socket, where does it get the
>address and port from?
>    Given the description of the Xserver window above, ho far is it through
>it's initialisation?
>    Should I stop waisting my time and wait for a later release (i.e.What
>stage of development is Xfree at)?
>
>Regards to everyone....
>         Roger
>


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