Problem with Xfree, problem running the application

[Srikrishna Bhashyam <skrishna at ece dot rice dot edu>]

I installed cygwin and xfree86 on my Windows Me Pc following the
instructions on the web page. But, I am having problems using the xfree
software.

1. If I double click on startxwin.bat, I get several errors.

Several windows open up and show different errors.
The XSETROOT window shows a "Syntax error".
The XWin window shows "/tmp/.... should be set to root" and closes
automatically.
There are also Xterm and twm windows show some error message and
close.

Finally I see

"Finished - startxwin"
/USR/X11R6/BIN/XSETROOT: unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0'

2. If I run XWin.exe -screen 0 800x600x16 from a MSDOS prompt, I get the
error message "cygwin1.dll not found.

If I run the same command from a cygwin window, it opens up Xfree86. But I
cannot do anything with it. The following messages show up on the window.

ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 4 i: 1
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows 95/98/Me
winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 00000017
winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits
per pix
el
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 800 height 600
winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 1600
winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d
16
winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()

3. If I run ./startxwin.sh from the cygwin window after I run the XWin
command, I get the follwoing messages

Agent pid 699095

Fatal server error:
no screens found

But, it opens up the xterm in the Xfree86 window opened up by the XWin.exe
program and I can use the xwin software after this.

Please let me know what the problem is and how I can solve this problem.

Thanks,
Srikrishna