startxwin/XWin won't start properly

Markus Hoenicka markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de
Tue Jun 29 15:44:00 GMT 2010


"Bradley, Mike" <mike_bradley@mentor.com> was heard to say:

> I don't see any difference if I set DISPLAY to :0.0 or  
> 127.0.0.1:0.0.  However, in the past its only worked if I set to  
> 127.0.0.1:0.0
>

My current procedure to start X is as follows:

1. do not set $DISPLAY anywhere. It is just empty.
2. open MinTTY
3. type something like "startxwin /usr/bin/emacs"

That's about it.

regards,
Markus

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