cannot use Xfree86
Macdonald, Luke H
LHMACDONALD@PARTNERS.ORG
Thu Jul 3 19:44:00 GMT 2003
> Hi,
> I installed Xfree86 4.2.1 onto my windows 2k box at work which has Cygwin up
> and running normally. Every time I try to start X, it crashes. These are the
> commands I tried, followed by the respective error message or a description of
> what happens.
> $ X , and $xwin
> -in these cases, a window called Cygwin/Xfree86 -0:0 opens, which looks like a
> linux environment. However, the mouse buttons do nothing and no terminals
> open, i.e. this window is useless.
> $xinit
> - the same window opens, and immediately closes. The bash terminal reads:
> waiting for X server to shut down
> $startx
> - the same window opens, but this time there are drop down menus on mouse
> clicks, and a clock. However, the window quickly closes and the following
> message appears in the cygwin bash terminal:
>
> cat: //.Xauthority: No such file or directory
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>
> waiting for X server to shut down XIO: fatal IO error 113
> (Connection
> on X server ":0.0"
> after 58 requests (49 known processed) with 0 events
> remaining.
>
> I've tried to generate the .Xauthority file with $xauth generate 0:0 .
> xauth: creating new authority file /.Xauthority
> xauth: (argv):1: unable to open display "0:0".
>
> What is going on here? I appreciate any help.
>
> Luke
>
>
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