Cannot type in xterm

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Wed Dec 17 21:23:00 GMT 2008


Lee S Parsons wrote:
> I recently upgraded Cygwin on my windows 2000 box, and am no longer able 
> to type in an xterm.  I used to start X by running 'startx' from cygwin, 
> but I see now I need to use 'startxwin.bat' or 'startxwin.sh'.  I have 
> found the same response regardless of which way I start it, no response 
> to keyboard input.
> 
> I am running unix services for windows on this box, and found the 
> mention of it interfering:
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#microsoft-services-for-unix
> 
> So I unset those four system variables, and there was no improvement.
> What do I need to change next?

Your scrollbar position:

<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-i-cant-type-anything>


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