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RE: X server won't start in win95a




> I recently installed cygwin and cygwin-xfree 4.0.3. 
> Everything works except
> for the X server. If I run startxwin.bat, XWin window comes 
> up but does not
> change into the X root window. Xterm and vtwm then come up, 
> stay for a while
> and exit. XWin window stays black and blank and does not 
> exit. I need to kill
> it manually. There are no error messages for XWin.


We need more info. 
post your startxwin.bat
what are the messages displayed in DOS window when you use startxwin.bat?

> 
> I also tried running startx from the bash prompt. I created 
> .xinitrc and
> .xserverrc. When I run startx, the bash window changes to 
> XWin,

Never heard of a bash window chnaging to xwin??? Can you explain what
do you mean, a bash window can never change to xwin or x-server window,
whatever.

Suhaib

> and after
> a little while, an error message comes up saying "waiting for 
> X server to
> begin accepting  connections" followed by periods. If I kill 
> it by Ctrl-C, 
> an error message comes up saying "xinit, no such file or 
> directory (errno 2): 
> unexpected signal 2".
> 
> I am still running the ancient win95a, but I am under the 
> impression that
> the X server works for all versions of win9x. It is 
> interesting to observe
> that the win32-x11 server works (as does xvnc), but it is 
> excruciatingly
> slow. Can anyone point out where the problem lies?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Raymond Kwong
> 


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