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Re: Cygwin/X
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, cffischer at earthlink dot net
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:22:45 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Cygwin/X
- References: <410-2200441263234478@earthlink.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Charlotte Fischer wrote:
>
> I was recently introduced to this wonderful product and attempted to
> install it on my home computer. It works more or less, but no home
> directory was created.
Cygwin/X itself does not create a homedirectory. It is just the graphics
system. The cygwin distribution takes care of creating the homedirectory.
> There also was an error message.
> winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0
>
> Fatal server error:
> InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0. Exiting.
You have started Cygwin/X twice. Maybe you did not notice it has already
been started. When Cygwin/X is runnng, a X will appear in the trayarea
of the taskbar and you can start any X11 program you want.
bye
ago
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