Starting cygwin problem

[Rasjid Wilcox]

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 11:51 am, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi All Folks,
>
> I have Cygwin installed on a WinXP PC which linked to LTSP server,
> working as a diskless workstartion and a standand alone PC as well.  The
> PC has 2 NICs, one of which is mounted with a boot-rom and connected
> to LTSP server and another to Internet.
>
> Starting WinXP by selecting 'LOCAL' when turned on the PC
>
> Clicking 'Cygwin' icon on desktop, The shell window popup
>
> I have no name!@M40G ~
> $ cygstart
> Usage: cygstart [-a STRING] [d- STRING]..........
>       ..........[OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]
>
> I have no name!@M40G ~
> $ hostname  [ENTER]
> M40G   [is the name of the PC/computer]
>
> I have no name!@M40G ~
> $ X -query 192.168.0.254   [ENTER]    (IP Add of LTSP server)
>

Try instead:
$ XWin.exe -query 192.168.0.254 -from <IP.of.NIC.connected.to.LTSP.server>

You will need the -from paramater, due to the 2 NICs.

Failing that, read the Cygwin-XFree FAQ.

Rasjid.