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Re: Newbie help


John Rehill wrote:
John Rehill wrote:

Total newbie here in relation to not only cygwin & cygwin/X but also to
UNIX... I'm a total windows slave.

Anyway I've been given the delightful task of trying to configure cygwin
and
cygwin/X server for use on our systems.  But I've run into a wall.  Well
actually quite a few really but I'll get to the point of the first one...

How do I enable cygwin/X server as a service on Windows 2k & XP? I've
read
the help files and FAQ but although it said to use the cygserver-config
script I'm at a lost as to how to do that.

René Berber replied


Uh? where exactly did you read that?

All I need for the moment is the ability to start the server first.  The
rest I'll ask about later (if people are kind)

René Berber replied


Type startx in a Cygwin window.


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Oops sorry my mistake I was reading that in the cgywin user guide, about
cgyserver and not in the cgywin/x server user guide.

Since realising my mistake I've tried adding xwin.exe as a service, which
worked but when I try to run a terminal window nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong?


You're trying to start the X server as a Windows service. Don't do that. Just run "startxwin".


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