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Problems starting X server
- From: "Francis Barton" <francisb at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 07:31:06 +0100
- Subject: Problems starting X server
I have cygwin installed and working from the command line. I have downloaded
and installed all the required X packages using the standard Cygwin
setup.exe.
I am running Windows 98.
I have tried running "startx" "xinit" "startxwin.sh" and "startxwin.bat"
without success. An X window flashes up then disappears.
Here is my error message:
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/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X"
in PATH
Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and
that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
for your display. Possible server names include:
XFree86 XFree86 displays
giving up.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to
X server
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
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/usr/X11R6/bin is in my path, but I'm stuck on what to do next to get X
running.
Also, I am rather confused by the instructions given at
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-xfree-installing.html and
related pages, which do not seem to apply to my situation.
I would gratefully receive any advice you can offer.
Many thanks,
Francis Barton.