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Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin
- From: "akshay chavan via cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 20:21:31 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin
- References: <1308285295.576965.1549657291745.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: akshay chavan <akshay_chavan2003 at yahoo dot com>
Hi,
A newbie to Cygwin here.
I have installed Cygwin on Windows 10. I have also installed the "nedit" editor as a package while installing cygwin, along with x-org server and other x-windows related stuff. When I open a cygwin console and type startxwin nedit, I get the following error message:
xinit: unable to run server "/usr/bin/XWin": No such file or directory
Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and
that "/usr/bin/XWin" is a program or a link to the right type of server
for your display. Possible server names include:
XWin X Server for the Cygwin environment on Microsoft Windows
Xvfb Virtual frame buffer
Xfake kdrive-based virtual frame buffer
Xnest X server nested in a window on another X server
Xephyr kdrive-based nested X server
Xvnc X server accessed over VNC's RFB protocol
Xdmx Distributed Multi-head X server
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
What Am I doing wrong? I tried searching for solutions online but couldn't find any. Sorry if this is silly, because I am a newbie to Cygwin.
Thanks
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