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Re: X application fails
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:40:51 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: X application fails
- References: <14CEE0B69DBDFC41A192613D8B4098CA012241A0@XCH-CORP.staktek.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Terry Dabbs wrote:
> I'm new to cygwin/X. I installed the cygwin/X package, and an using it
> with the expectation it will provide a display for hpux clients.
>
> What does work:
> - I use either startxwin.bat -or- startxwin.sh, type xhost + in the
> shell, then go to the hpux machine and set the display, send "xrdb"
> commands, and "xterm" runs on my pc from the hpux client. Logging in
> with XDMCP works, it looks very good.
>
> What does not work:
> I have an X application, Agilent's HPSmarttest, which runs OK with
> reflections XDMCP, but with both methods above it gives the error
> message (in a window on the display server!) that it "can not create
> background window". Since it works using "Reflections", I assume there
> is some setting, or something that is not set by default.
Maybe it's a problem with the missing 8bit colorplane on Cygwin/X server.
You might try to run Cygwin/X in 8bit mode (XWin -depth 8 -fullscreen)
bye
ago
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