RE: Xclients don't work in win2K

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

X-server gray window displays,.

Can you try from a Cygwin bash shell, after you start Xserver?

cd /usr/X11R6/bin
export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
./xterm -e bash&

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Markebo [mailto:flognat@flognat.myip.org] 
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:21 PM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: Re: Xclients don't work in win2K
> 
> 
> Just a thought.. doesn't the xterm seem to report error _BEFORE_ the
> X-server is up and running?? 
> 
> Try to add a 'pause' in the batch-file, before starting the xterm,
> pressing enter in that window when the x-server is up and running?
> 
>         /Andy
> 
> [...]
> 
> | > Same results:
> | > -----
> | > C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin>startxwin
> | > Path not found - C:\cygwin\tmp\.X11-unix
> | > The system cannot find the file specified.
> | > The system cannot find the file specified.
> | > 
> | > C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin>xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 
> | > 127.0.0.1:0.0
> | > twm:  unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> | > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> | > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> | > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> | > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> | > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported 
> engines 0000000f
> | > winSetEngine () - Using user's preference: 4
> | > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth 
> | > of 16 bits per
> | > pix
> | > el
> | > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 1024 
> | > height 768
> | > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 
> | > 0000001f BPRGB 6 d 16
> | > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning
> | > winFinishScreenInitFB () - Calling winCreateDefColormap ()
> | > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> | > Could not init font path element 
> | > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
> | > from li
> | > st!
> | > -----
> | > 
> | > At this point, however, the server is running, and I can 
> | > telnet to one of
> | > our Solaris boxes, set the DISPLAY to the ip of my box, open 
> | > an xterm, and
> | > the xterm pops up in my server.  It's just local clients that 
> | > don't work.
> | > 
> | > I haven't tried running local clients on a remote 
> display, but that
> | > apparently doesn't work either:
> | > 
> | http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg02046.html
> | 
> | Jason
> | > 
> | > Thanks,
> | > 
> | > Harold
> | 
> | -- 
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> |  
> | "Of course I'm paranoid, everyone is trying to kill me."
> |     -- Weyoun-6, Star Trek: Deep Space 9
>