Re: cannot type in my xterm after new installation

Re: cannot type in my xterm after new installation

[Jon TURNEY]

On 20/07/2009 16:20, THORBURN-GUNDLACH, DAVID T-G (ATTSI) wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> I've just done a fresh Cygwin install on a new laptop and have run into
> some interesting challenges.  I copied over my old startxwin.bat file
> from another machine and can now throw up an xterm and such, but all is
> still not well.
>
> I've noted other posts on how to get rid of the toolbar but didn't
> actually see where (.Xdefaults? xapplres? other?) and how (???) to do
> so, so I'm dealing with it at the moment.

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-how-do-i-get-rid-of-xterm-menu

> More interestingly, though, is that I cannot interact with an xterm
> after it opens no matter what sorts of toolbar changes I make.  I can
> *see* my prompt there but can't actually do anything!  The same goes for
> an rxvt-x terminal, although an rxvt-native term works just fine.
>
> What do I need to do to be able to actually type anything? :-)

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-i-cant-type-anything

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RE: cannot type in my xterm after new installation

[THORBURN-GUNDLACH, DAVID T-G (ATTSI)]

Jon, et al --

% -----Original Message-----
% From: Jon TURNEY [mailto:jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk] 
% Subject: Re: cannot type in my xterm after new installation
% 
% On 20/07/2009 16:20, THORBURN-GUNDLACH, DAVID T-G (ATTSI) wrote:
% >
...
% > I've noted other posts on how to get rid of the toolbar but didn't
% > actually see where (.Xdefaults? xapplres? other?) and how 
% (???) to do
% > so, so I'm dealing with it at the moment.
% 
% http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-how-do-i-get-
% rid-of-xterm-menu

Thanks!


% 
...
% > What do I need to do to be able to actually type anything? :-)
% 
% http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-i-cant-type-anything

Grrr...  I very carefully looked through the FAQ, figuring I wasn't the
only one, but somehow missed this.  Thank you for your kind direction
:-)


HAND

:-D

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