Issue with xemacs in CygwinX

[Paul Mallas]

Well, I installed an experimental/beta version of xemacs:

21.5.23-1

and things work properly again.  I can run xemacs with the DISPLAY 
variable either set (get an X window) or unset (get a window's window). 
  I have not altered any other settings.

J. David Boyd wrote:
> Paul Mallas <pmallas@rsmas.miami.edu> writes:
> 
>> Sorry for the cross posting, but I was told my original post on the
>> Cygwin mail list was inappropriate and I should make it on the
>> CygwinX.
>>
>> A recent xemacs upgrade does not work properly on my Cygwin system.
>>
>> I was running xemacs version 21.4.19-1 with no problem.  Newer versions
>> (21.4.19-2, 21.4.19-3, and 21.4.20-2) fail. The error reads "X
>> server not responding: <DISPLAY VARIABLE VALUE>."
>>
>> I reinstalled 21.4.19-1, things worked fine again. But I would like to
>> figure out what the issue is for the newer versions.
>>
>> I can unset my DISPLAY variable and xemacs will run in a Windows
>> window. If my DISPLAY variable is set - I get "X server not
>> responding: <....>" Everything else runs properly in X with DISPLAY
>> set- xterm, xclock, just not xemacs. Any thoughts?
>>
> 
> No, mine works fine.  I'm using the latest of everything, on XP with 768M of
> memory.
> 
> With my DISPLAY set to 192.168.0.102:0.0, I get an X version of Xemacs.  With
> it unset, I get the windows one.
> 
> They both work fine.
> 
> You aren't starting xemacs from a script that might be changing something in
> your environment, are you?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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