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Re: Problems running xterms on AIX and the Oracle Univeral Installer
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:24:54 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Problems running xterms on AIX and the Oracle Univeral Installer
- References: <21F26F4CB3E2FF49B68487562386B691CFD81C@pscdalpexch02.perotsystems.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Bent, Brian wrote:
> Hello - I am newbie to cygwin and am having a few difficulties running X
> from a remote AIX 4.3.3 server. I am starting up the X server by running
> the startxwin.bat file. I am taking the default of "run XWin -multiwindow
> -clipboard ." I am using X11Forwarding so that my DISPLAY variable is set
> when I ssh to a server.
Check http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-ssh-no-x11forwarding
> When I run xterm on the box that I ssh to, the
> xterm does display back. However, I can't seem to be able to type anything
> inside the xterm. No characters ever show up inside the xterm. I can use
> cntrl-d to close the window. Can you suggest a way for me to correct this?
> I have experimented with the -fullscreen mode with the same results.
> Something else I am having problems with is when I run the Oracle Universal
> Installer on a remote system; my cursor basically disappears when my mouse
> has the focus on the oui. I am able click buttons, but I can't ever see
> where my cursor is. I currently have Hummingbird installed and it is
> working fine for displaying X back, but I would really prefer to use Cygwin.
> I do not have Hummingbird and Cygwin running at the same time. If anyone
> can help me with my issues, I would greatly appreciate it.
> Brian
>
>
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