no need to install xfree86

[Thomas Chadwick]

Hmmm... Sounds to me like you missed the XFree86-xserv package.  Go back 
into Setup and select that package for install.  Should fix your problem.

>From: "Glenn A. Carlson" <gcarlson@xannah.org>
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: RE: no need to install xfree86
>Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:24:28 -0500
>
>I'm having a similar problem as Mr. Lee.  I recently installed latest 
>cygwin to run under Win98SE, which seems to run fine.  Today, I installed 
>xfree86 from setup on cygwin.com/xfree/ website.
>
>When I run startx, I get the following:
>
>-----------
>$ startx
>
>xinit:  No such file or directory (errno2):  no server "X" in PATH
>
>Use the -- option
>
><snip>
>
>giving up.
>xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
>xinit:  No such process (errno3):  Server error.
>------------
>
>/usr/X11R6/bin is in my PATH.  I have a .initrc file in my home directory.
>
>Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>Glenn A. Carlson
>
>=======
>From: "hongxun lee" <lee dot 1801 at osu dot edu>
>To: "cygwin-xfree mailing list" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
>Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:58:03 -0400
>Subject: RE: no need to install xfree86
>
>Greetings..
>
>I remember that formerly i have to setup Xfree86 after Cygwin installation 
>is finished..Now i found that with the present version Cygwin, the dir 
>'cygwin/usr/X11R6' is already there, and 'x11R6/bin' does contains such 
>commands as: startx, xwin, startxwin.bat...
>
>Do i have to install xfree86 agin to use the x-window? since i tried 
>startx, startxwin.bat, neither of them worked.  Thanks
>-----
>$ startx
>giving up.
>xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
>xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
>
>$ startxwin.bat
>startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000
>
>Administrator@ALLELUJA /cygdrive/d
>$




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