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RE: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat



One more addition /correctionto startxwin.bat


 @echo off
 SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
 SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\X11R6\bin;c:\cygwin\bin  <----- in the default there
is a mistake \usr\bin\X11
 start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
 start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
REM start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
REM start vtwm


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:11 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> 
> 
> You do not need your ip address 127.0.0.1:0.0 is for localhost.  
> 
> What do you see in the console (black windows) for xterm when 
> you press
> alt+tab?
> I suspect xterm is dying for some reasons.  Edit your 
> startxwin.bat and
> comment out rxvt and vtwm
> Then see if xterm shows up, if it does then kill the x-server 
> and uncomment
> vtwm (that is remove REM before it) and try again.
> 
> that is
> 
>  @echo off
>  SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
>  SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\bin\X11;c:\cygwin\bin
>  start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
>  start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
> REM start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> REM start vtwm
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin DeKorte [mailto:kdekorte@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:04 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > Subject: No Xterms or Window Manager when running startxwin.bat
> > 
> > 
> > I am able to launch the startxwin command after editing the 
> > batch file to be
> > the following
> > 
> > @echo off
> > SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> > SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\bin\X11;c:\cygwin\bin
> > start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> > start xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
> > start rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12"
> > start vtwm
> > 
> > 
> > I get the b&w checkerd X screen and the X cursor and I can 
> > move the cursor
> > around. That is all that happens.
> > I switch back to windows using Alt-Tab and type 'xterm' and 
> > it tells me
> > 'unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > I run ipconfig and it tells me that my ip is 9.99.247.10 
> > (provided by DHCP).
> > I set my display var to be that ip and
> > I restart X and I get the same error message by with the new 
> > ip.  Any ideas
> > what is wrong?
> > 
> > Kevin
> > 
> > 
> 

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