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Re: beinnner frustration ...


Harold:

I'm doing that now ... thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction.

kennM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: beinnner frustration ...


> Kenn,
>
> You have not installed Cygwin/XFree86.  You need to run Cygwin's
> setup.exe again (you do not need to uninstall Cygwin, setup is smart
> enough to download only the new packages), and you need to be sure to
> expand the XFree86 category and select the XFree86-base package.  You
> can then start Cygwin/XFree86 by double-clicking the startxwin.bat file
> that should reside in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat.
>
> After you have that working, you can make a copy of startxwin.bat, being
> sure to leave it in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin, REM out the lines that
> start xterm, twm, and xsetroot, then change add the -query parameter to
> the line that starts XWin.exe, as described in the user's guide.
>
> Harold
>
>
> Kenn Murrah wrote:
>
> >no, i found that section, but was confused by it (sorry!) ...
> >
> >it looked like a linux-style syntax, so i tried entering it at the $
prompt
> >in cygwin ... but it could not find the program ...
> >
> >so i tried to find that program as a windows command (such as the .exe
> >extension would indicate) and i couldn't find that, either ...
> >
> >a search of the windows box turned up no programs named xwin.exe ... so
> >there's no telling what i've done (or failed to do) ....
> >
> >any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo@msu.edu>
> >To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> >Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:26 PM
> >Subject: Re: beinnner frustration ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Kenn,
> >>
> >>You must have missed the most relevant section of the Cygwin/XFree86
> >>User's Guide:
> >>
> >>http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html
> >>
> >>Harold
> >>
> >>Kenn Murrah wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>okay, i've read the user manual and the FAQ and still can't figure out
> >>>
> >>>
> >how
> >
> >
> >>>to get started ... please feel free to tell me to RTFM, but please oh
> >>>
> >>>
> >please
> >
> >
> >>>help me figure out WHAT and WHERE to read :-)
> >>>
> >>>anyway, i installed xfree86/cygwin and i have an icon on my windows
> >>>
> >>>
> >desktop
> >
> >
> >>>to prove it ... how the heck do i connect to the linux box on my
network,
> >>>and login with one of my linux usernames, and run X on my windows box?
> >>>
> >>>i hate to feel stupid ... someone PLEASE point me in the direction of a
> >>>document i can understand.
> >>>
> >>>thanks,
> >>>
> >>>kenn
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>



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