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Re: startx hangs on WinXP
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:53:56 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: startx hangs on WinXP
- References: <000a01c44971$08276c70$7e00a8c0@JDuda>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Jim Duda wrote:
> I've installed the latest version of cygwin and cygwin/X. When I attempt to
> use startx in multiwindow mode,
> the X server hangs.
Do you have a personal firewall or VPN software running? Try disabling these.
> If I use either of the following, I get the X server started, but I don't
> have a useful window manager.
>
> startx -- :0
> XWin -clipboard
You could try twm. At least it will reveal if other clients and window manager
can connect to the xserver.
bye
ago
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