From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17828 invoked by alias); 19 Mar 2010 15:46:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 17807 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Mar 2010 15:46:58 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from granite1.mail.cornell.edu (HELO authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu) (128.253.83.141) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:46:54 +0000 Received: from [128.84.234.191] (markov.math.cornell.edu [128.84.234.191]) (authenticated bits=0) by authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu (8.14.4/8.12.10) with ESMTP id o2JFkpkl008204 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:46:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4BA39C6B.3020609@cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:46:00 -0000 From: Ken Brown User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 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> <20100319164048.14255gfked16vsco@webmail.df.eu> In-Reply-To: <20100319164048.14255gfked16vsco@webmail.df.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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/msg00066.txt.bz2 On 3/19/2010 11:40 AM, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > 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. Does your CYGWIN environment variable contain tty? http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-startxwin-no-windows -- 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/