RE: X application fails

["Terry Dabbs" <tdabbs at staktek dot com>]

Thanks, I won't be able to try it until Monday. On vacation today, so no
direct access. I will let you know...



Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Gottwald
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:41 AM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: X application fails

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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