Cygwin Openbox queries
Brian Ford
ford@vss.fsi.com
Tue Mar 2 18:44:00 GMT 2004
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Jophrey Lim wrote:
> I am trying to start the X server with Cygwin/X running in Rootless mode
> with the /openbox/ window manager running locally (one of the screenshots).
>
Please show us the exact command you used to do this.
> However, I have no idea on how to do it. I tried running "openbox" but I
> got this error saying Connection to X server failed. I had checked the
> online user guide and searched the internet for any guide but failed.
>
What does echo $DISPLAY say?
> Do you have any script on how to start the X server with openbox window
> manager? Any website that I can refer to?
>
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xwin.exe :0 -rootless&
/usr/X11R6/bin/openbox -display :0
WFM.
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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
Fax: 314-551-8444
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