From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14724 invoked by alias); 19 Mar 2010 15:40:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 14713 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Mar 2010 15:40:58 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (HELO smtprelay01.ispgateway.de) (80.67.31.39) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:40:51 +0000 Received: from [80.67.16.112] (helo=localhost) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1NseJc-0008BG-Nz for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:40:48 +0100 Received: from pc51997.klinik.uni-regensburg.de (pc51997.klinik.uni-regensburg.de [132.199.174.149]) by webmail.df.eu (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:40:48 +0100 Message-ID: <20100319164048.14255gfked16vsco@webmail.df.eu> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:40:00 -0000 From: Markus Hoenicka To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: problems starting xterm References: <20100319105425.45455xuj4rc1xl2s@webmail.df.eu> <1269003960.7441.0.camel@raker.ateb.com> <20100319140917.18626ajajzoksadc@webmail.df.eu> <4BA3822F.1080808@cygwin.com> <20100319150603.16213lc3ud7qnveo@webmail.df.eu> In-Reply-To: <20100319150603.16213lc3ud7qnveo@webmail.df.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: domainFACTORY X-Df-Sender: 472582 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-03/txt/msg00065.txt.bz2 Markus Hoenicka mumbled: > As this method to start xterm seems to work, do I have to start the > X server some other way than I do now? I just use the Win start menu > entry Cygwin-X->XWin Server. > I can answer that one myself. Running startxwin from mintty works without a hitch. This is no big deal for me, but this still leaves me wondering why one of the officially recommended ways to start X (as per the docs, see http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting) fails on my system. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/