X server won't start in win95a

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert J. Cristel [ mailto:rcristel@sprint.ca ]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "robert cristel" <rcristel@sprint.ca>
> > To: <cygwin-xfree@xfree86.cygwin.com>; "Suhaib Siddiqi"
> > <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>; "'Raymond Kwong'"
> > <kwong@control.toronto.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:12 PM
> > Subject: RE: X server won't start in win95a
> >
> > >
> > > > I am afraid your Windows is messed.  Can
> > > > you not from Control Panel uninstall Networking and 
> reinstall it?
> > Perhaps
> > > > that will help.
> > >
> > > Nope.  I have no networking.  As Raymond says this 
> appears to be an
> > > incompatibility with win9x versus winNT.  As you know, this is a
> > > different code base.
> >
> > "I have no networking". That is your problem. X _requires_ local tcp
> > communication. Install TCP/IP and a loopback adapter and 
> you should be
> > ok.
> >
> 
> I have tcp and dialup networking.  I meant this is a single 
> machine with
> no network card.

Ah, so you _do_ have networking (just not Ethernet based). Can you try
removing and reinstalling that as Suhaib suggested?

Rob