Starting X in Cygwin

[Brian Johnson]

Somewhat related ... what X programs are available for cygwin?

Are people using cygwin X-windows for application development, or are people
using is as a desktop?

Just curious, I couldn't think of a reason other than app development that
would seem logical (compared to running a regular Linux desktop system)





> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Steven O'Brien
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 3:20 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Starting X in Cygwin
>
>
> Bryan Zimmer wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I used to have an installation of Cygwin that, when I did a
> "startx",
> > I = got the server startup, the twm window manager, a
> couple of xterms
> > and ="oclock". Now, I run startx and all I get is the blank server
> > screen. = When I exit, I get a message to the effect of Xlib: not
> > authorized to = connect to display :0.0.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? I know a bit of Unix, but my knowledge of X
> > falls = short. I don't know how to authorize Xlib to  connect to
> > display :0.0.
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated with respect.
> >
>
> You almost certainly have a .Xauthority file in your home directory.
> Delete it and xstart will work again.
>
> Steven