Problems connecting to the X-Server

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

You need to try a few things:

1) from http://Cygwin.com/snapshots download cygwin1-20010710.dll.bz2.
Unbzip2.  Go to cygwin\usr\bin (bash should not be running and cywin1.dll
should be used by any active application).  Rename cygwin1.dll to
Cygwin1.dll-old and put the new Cygwin1.dll in this directory.

2) check your mount points.  From Cygwin bash type mount
They should be in binary mode.

3) Try starting Xserver using startxwin9x.bat file.  If it still fails.
>From Cygwin shell try following

cd /usr/X11R6/bin
export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
export PATH=.:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH
./Xwin -screen 0 1024 768 -engine 4&

If server windows comes up try the following, if not then post to mailing
list the cut and paste of the error out put from Cygwin bash shell.

./xterm  -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e
/usr/bin/bash &

./twm &


Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Newton Robinson [ mailto:newtonrob@home.com ]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 8:25 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Problems connecting to the X-Server
> 
> I don't think I have VPN software running. I do have Intel AnyPoint
> wireless
> networking.
> 
> Cygwin is installed in c:\cygwin, the other path is just my download
> directory.  I just extracted the startup scripts in the directory.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> To: "'Newton Robinson'" <newtonrob@home.com>;
> <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:57 AM
> Subject: RE: Problems connecting to the X-Server
> 
> 
> > 1) Do you have some VPN, particularly Aventail, installed?
> > 2)  What kind of PATHs are these?
> > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>SET
> >
> PATH=.;\cygwin\bin;\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
> >
> > If you installed cygwin in c:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin
> > Then you need to install xfree in
> > c:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\usr\X11R6
> > DO NOT INVENT some abnormal paths.
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Newton Robinson [ mailto:newtonrob@home.com ]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:47 PM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > > Subject: Problems connecting to the X-Server
> > >
> > > I am running WindowsME and the latest Cygwin and XFree 4.1.0.
> > >
> > > X starts.  Appears to be running well.
> > >
> > > X apps try to start but cannot connect to the X-Server.  The
> > > following
> > > messages are from the verious windows.
> > >
> > >
> > > MS-DOS window used to start the script.
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>SET
> > > DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>SET
> > >
> PATH=.;\cygwin\bin;\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMA
> > > ND
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>attrib -s
> > > \cygwin\tmp\.X11-unix\X0
> > > File not found - \cygwin\tmp\.X11-unix\X0
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>del
> > > \cygwin\tmp\.X11-unix\X0
> > > File not found
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>rmdir
> > > \cygwin\tmp\.X11-unix
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>start XWin
> -
> > > screen 0
> > > 1024x768x32 -engine 4
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>start rxvt
> -
> > > fn
> > > "Lucida Console-12" -e bash
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>start
> xterm
> > > -sl
> > > 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash
> > > C:\Download\WinME\Software\Cygwin\xfree\startup-scripts>start twm
> > >
> > >
> > > XWin window
> > > ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 6 i: 1
> > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows 95/98/Me
> > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines
> 00000017
> > > winSetEngine () - Using user's preference: 4
> > > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of
> 32
> > > bits per
> > > pix
> > > el
> > > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 1018
> height
> > > 714
> > > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 4072
> > > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> BPRGB
> > > 8 d 32
> > > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Newton