Problem running emacs under XP

David Sharp david.m.sharp@btopenworld.com
Mon Jul 21 14:17:00 GMT 2003


I strongly expect you are typing emacs into the bash shell you are starting
X from. Type it into an xterm...
----- Original Message -----
From: "martin cohen" <mjc_q@yahoo.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 9:05 PM
Subject: Problem running emacs under XP


> I installed cygwin in my D: partition under Win XP.
> Running startx results in the usual screen and the
> 3 windows. However, when I type in my usual
> "emacs . &", I get this
>
> emacs: cannot connect to X server :0.0.
> Check the DISPLAY evironment variable or use '-d'.
> Also use the 'xhost' program to verify that it is set to
> permit
> connections from your machine.
>
> When I enter "xhost +", I get this
>
> xhost: unable to open display ":0.0"
>
> Here are my environment variables:
>
> !C:=C:\Documents and Settings\Marty
> !D:=D:\cygwin\bin
> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Marty\Application Data
> COMMONPROGRAMFILES=C:\Program Files\Common Files
> COMPUTERNAME=COHEN-RZ22G
> COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> CVS_RSH=/bin/ssh
> DISPLAY=:0.0
> HOME=/home/Marty
> HOMEDRIVE=C:
> HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Marty
> HOSTNAME=Cohen-RZ22G
> LOGNAME=Marty
> LOGONSERVER=\\COHEN-RZ22G
> MAKE_MODE=unix
> MANPATH=:/usr/ssl/man
> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
> OS=Windows_NT
>
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/W
INDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/usr/X11R6/bin
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7,
> GenuineIntel
> PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
> PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207
> PROGRAMFILES=C:\Program Files
> PROMPT=$P$G
> PS1=\[\033]0;\w\007
> \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
> $
> PWD=/home/Marty
> SESSIONNAME=Console
> SHLVL=2
> SYSTEMDRIVE=C:
> SYSTEMROOT=C:\WINDOWS
> TEMP=/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/Marty/LOCALS~1/Temp
> TERM=xterm
> TEXMF={/usr/share/lilypond/1.6.8,/usr/share/texmf}
> TMP=/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/Marty/LOCALS~1/Temp
> USER=Marty
> USERDOMAIN=COHEN-RZ22G
> USERNAME=Marty
> USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Marty
> WINDIR=C:\WINDOWS
> WINDOWID=8388622
> XAUTHORITY=/home/Marty/.Xauthority
> _=/usr/bin/env
>
> I am sure there is some simple configuration file I am not
> setting up, since do the same thing worked find on a Win
> 2000 machine. The only difference, aside from XP vs 2000,
> is that I had no problems with cygwin on C:, and the
> problems here on D:.
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin Cohen
>
>
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