RE: Re: X server won't start in win95a

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> What I mean by the bash prompt chaning to XWin is that the 
> title of the
> prompt window changes to XWin. I don't mean that the window changes to
> an X server window! 
> 
> My .xinitrc is standard:
> #!/bin/bash
> export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> export PATH=.:$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
> xterm -sb -sl 1024 -font 9x15 -e /bin/bash &
> twm
> 
> My .xserverrc is also standard:
> #!/bin/bash
> exec XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0 
> -engine 4


Did you try at lower resolution e.g. 600x800 to see if it works.


Suhaib

> 
> I have tried options such as -fullscreen, -ac, with the same results.
> 
> The same setup on my windows 2000 thinkpad works fine.
> 
> Many thanks for your fast response.
> 
> Raymond
> 
> On 14 Jun, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> 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
> >> 
> 
> 
>