still having a problem with xwinclip

Harold Hunt huntharo@msu.edu
Wed Apr 10 14:49:00 GMT 2002


Eli,

xwinclip is going to have problems in your scenario because CDE owns the
display when you use XDMCP.  I think someone may have figured out how to use
xwinclip at the same time as an XDMCP session... you can search the mailing
list archives for an answer to that.

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Eli Kleinman
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 5:47 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: still having a problem with xwinclip
>
>
> I tried setting DISPLAY to :0.0 but this did not solve my problem
> this is what I use to start CDE
> $ export DISPLAY=192.9.200.136:0.0
> xwin -noreset -screen 0 1152 864 -query 192.9.200.6 -fp
> tcp/192.9.200.6:7100 -from 192.9.200.136 &
> [1] 600
>
> this is what I try to use to start xwinclip and this is what i get
> $ export DISPLAY=:0.0
> $ xwinclip.exe
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> Could not open display
>
> Could some one please help me



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