nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

[Maarten Vanneste]

What I forgot to mention: There is no output generated by executing
"startxwin.sh", just an x-window opening that I can use as a terminal.

>> Can you start a cygwin bash shell, run "startxwin.sh" and then copy and paste
>> the output into a mail? Also confirm that your keyboard doesn't work for you
>> when the X server is started in this fashion.


With best regards / Vennlig hilsen
Maarten





On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Maarten Vanneste
<maarten.w.b.vanneste@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Interesting. I quit cygwin including killing the X-server. Restarted
> my cygwin by double clicking the cygwin icon, executed "startxwin.sh",
> which prompted an X-window to open, in which I can now type !
>
> Going back to the cygwin window in which I typed the "startxwin.sh"
> command, I can now open xemacs successfully and can edit. This seems
> like a solution.
>
> So, the x-server shortcut on the desktop may be at odds. This one has
> the following characteristics:
> Target type: MS-DOS batch file
> Target location: Singular
> Target: C:\cygwin\lib\Singular\startxserver.bat
> Start in: C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
>
> Should I change somethings there ?
>
> The cygwin shortcut has the following properties:
> Target type: MS-DOS batch file
> Target location: cygwin
> Target: C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
> Start in: (left blank)
>
> I have now made sure to have the full X11 package as well, as I
> noticed that some (only a handful) were not yet selected. However, I
> doubt whether this was the reason as cygwin prompts when dependencies
> occur.
>
> The keyboard is set up as American per default, as I think this is
> much easier to work with over the Norwegian one (or French or
> whatever).
>
> Greatly appreciated !
>
> With best regards / Vennlig hilsen
> Maarten
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Jon TURNEY
> <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> wrote:
>> Maarten Vanneste wrote:
>>> Hello again,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help and feedback so far. However, I am still
>>> struggling with the keyboard issue, i.e. I cannot use it in any editor
>>> after updating the X11 package earlier this week. I have just updated
>>> once more (reinstalling the X11 package), rebooted, but that did not
>>> help either. I also ran "ash" and did /bin/rebaseall, but that did not
>>> change. I have no Microsoft Services for Unix installed either. The
>>> tmp/XWin.log looks similar as the one I sent two days ago.
>>
>> Hi Maarten,
>>
>> Sorry to see you are still having problems.
>>
>> Can you start a cygwin bash shell, run "startxwin.sh" and then copy and paste
>> the output into a mail? Also confirm that your keyboard doesn't work for you
>> when the X server is started in this fashion.
>>
>> Oh, and satisfy my curiosity, are you really using a US keyboard, or a
>> Norwegian one?
>>
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