Cygwin Openbox queries

Cygwin Openbox queries

[Jophrey Lim]

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Hi,
 
I am having trouble with the Cygwin.
 
 I had downloaded and installed the complete suite fo the Cygwin 
 including all the modules for the X Window System.
 
 I am trying to start the X server with Cygwin/X running in Rootless mode 
 with the /openbox/ window manager running locally (one of the screenshots).
 
 However, I have no idea on how to do it. I tried running "openbox" but I 
 got this error saying Connection to X server failed. I had checked the 
 online user guide and searched the internet for any guide but failed.
 
 Do you have any script on how to start the X server with openbox window 
 manager? Any website that I can refer to?
 
 Thank you so much in advance for your help. I really appreciate your help.
 
 Regards,
Jophrey





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Cygwin/xFree from 2 users

[Jim Scheef]

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Hello.

I use a notebook computer so I can carry my computing environment around.
This is WinXP and current versions of Cygwin and xFree as of a few weeks ago.

I have several user 'accounts' that belong to various domains. Most of these
accounts are 'js', as in js@machinename, js@domain1.com, js@domain2.org, etc.
I want all of these to use the same Cygwin home directory.

Cygwin and X were installed from js@domain1.com. When I'm not connected to a
network, I use js@machinename. Cygwin seems to work with both user accounts
but X will not start from js@machinename. The attached xwin.log came from
running xinit. Trying to start kde gives an error that there is no write
access to .ICEauthority. I believe the X problem is related to permissions
within /home/js. 

I have tried to set up permissions for both user accounts on /home/js but I
can't seem to make them stick. 

What permissions are needed? What file permissions are critical, which mearly
convenient? Does the setup process replace the permissions on the user's home
directory? How can Cygwin and X be configured for multiple users on a
machine? and the big question - how can I configure Cygwin and X so that I
can use the same /home/js directory from multiple 'js' accounts?

Jim



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[-- Attachment #2: XWin.log --]
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ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768
winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running

Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running
winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress

Re: Cygwin/xFree from 2 users

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Jim Scheef wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I use a notebook computer so I can carry my computing environment around.
> This is WinXP and current versions of Cygwin and xFree as of a few weeks ago.
> 
> I have several user 'accounts' that belong to various domains. Most of these
> accounts are 'js', as in js@machinename, js@domain1.com, js@domain2.org, etc.
> I want all of these to use the same Cygwin home directory.
> 
> Cygwin and X were installed from js@domain1.com. When I'm not connected to a
> network, I use js@machinename. Cygwin seems to work with both user accounts
> but X will not start from js@machinename. The attached xwin.log came from
> running xinit. Trying to start kde gives an error that there is no write
> access to .ICEauthority. I believe the X problem is related to permissions
> within /home/js. 
> 
> I have tried to set up permissions for both user accounts on /home/js but I
> can't seem to make them stick. 
> 
> What permissions are needed? What file permissions are critical, which mearly
> convenient? Does the setup process replace the permissions on the user's home
> directory? How can Cygwin and X be configured for multiple users on a
> machine? and the big question - how can I configure Cygwin and X so that I
> can use the same /home/js directory from multiple 'js' accounts?

You can not start two xservers with the same display number (which is in fact the
TCP/IP port used). Start the second with an additional parameter ":1". eg XWin :1
or xinit -- :1

bye
	ago
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Re: Cygwin/xFree from 2 users

[Jim Scheef]

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Alexander and all,

I guess I wasn't clear. I'm sitting at my notebook looking at the XP login
screen. If I log in using js@domainname, Xwin works fine, but fails to start
when I log on using js@machinename. The machine and the Cygwin/Xfree
installation are one and the same in both cases. I use the same username (js)
in both cases for convenience and I was hoping that this would make it easy
to use the same Cygwin home directory (/home/js) for both logins. How can I
make this work?

Jim


--- Alexander Gottwald <alexander.gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Jim Scheef wrote:
> 
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I use a notebook computer so I can carry my computing environment around.
> > This is WinXP and current versions of Cygwin and xFree as of a few weeks
> ago.
> > 
> > I have several user 'accounts' that belong to various domains. Most of
> these
> > accounts are 'js', as in js@machinename, js@domain1.com, js@domain2.org,
> etc.
> > I want all of these to use the same Cygwin home directory.
> > 
> > Cygwin and X were installed from js@domain1.com. When I'm not connected
> to a
> > network, I use js@machinename. Cygwin seems to work with both user
> accounts
> > but X will not start from js@machinename. The attached xwin.log came from
> > running xinit. Trying to start kde gives an error that there is no write
> > access to .ICEauthority. I believe the X problem is related to
> permissions
> > within /home/js. 
> > 
> > I have tried to set up permissions for both user accounts on /home/js but
> I
> > can't seem to make them stick. 
> > 
> > What permissions are needed? What file permissions are critical, which
> mearly
> > convenient? Does the setup process replace the permissions on the user's
> home
> > directory? How can Cygwin and X be configured for multiple users on a
> > machine? and the big question - how can I configure Cygwin and X so that
> I
> > can use the same /home/js directory from multiple 'js' accounts?
> 
> You can not start two xservers with the same display number (which is in
> fact the
> TCP/IP port used). Start the second with an additional parameter ":1". eg
> XWin :1
> or xinit -- :1
> 
> bye
> 	ago
> -- 
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>  http://www.gotti.org           ICQ: 126018723
>  Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 - 6. und 7. März 2004
>  http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag


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Re: Cygwin/xFree from 2 users

[Harold L Hunt II]

Jim Scheef wrote:
> Alexander and all,
> 
> I guess I wasn't clear. I'm sitting at my notebook looking at the XP login
> screen. If I log in using js@domainname, Xwin works fine, but fails to start
> when I log on using js@machinename. The machine and the Cygwin/Xfree
> installation are one and the same in both cases. I use the same username (js)
> in both cases for convenience and I was hoping that this would make it easy
> to use the same Cygwin home directory (/home/js) for both logins. How can I
> make this work?

Jim,

Are you doing the "fast user switching" where both users are logged in 
at the same time?  Or, can only one of your "js" users be logged in at a 
time and you are experiencing the failure at that time?

The home directory question is generic to Cygwin, not related to 
Cygwin/X at all.  I'll give you a start though: you need to edit 
Cygwin's /etc/passwd and change the home directory for the two different 
users (user id names do not identify a user to Windows; instead, the SID 
identifies the user, you should see two 'js' users listed in passwd). 
You might also need to check the permissions on /home/js before doing 
this to ensure that both users will be able to write to it.  Again, that 
is a generic Cygwin/Windows question that should be looked into 
elsewhere if you need more help.

Harold

Re: Cygwin/xFree from 2 users

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Jim Scheef wrote:

> Alexander and all,
> 
> I guess I wasn't clear. I'm sitting at my notebook looking at the XP login
> screen. If I log in using js@domainname, Xwin works fine, but fails to start
> when I log on using js@machinename. The machine and the Cygwin/Xfree
> installation are one and the same in both cases. I use the same username (js)
> in both cases for convenience and I was hoping that this would make it easy
> to use the same Cygwin home directory (/home/js) for both logins. How can I
> make this work?

There may be problems with access restrictions in some directories.

does /tmp/Xwin.log print some errors?

bye
	ago
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Re: Cygwin Openbox queries

[Brian Ford]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Jophrey Lim wrote:

>  I am trying to start the X server with Cygwin/X running in Rootless mode 
>  with the /openbox/ window manager running locally (one of the screenshots).
>
Please show us the exact command you used to do this.
  
>  However, I have no idea on how to do it. I tried running "openbox" but I 
>  got this error saying Connection to X server failed. I had checked the 
>  online user guide and searched the internet for any guide but failed.
>
What does echo $DISPLAY say?
  
>  Do you have any script on how to start the X server with openbox window 
>  manager? Any website that I can refer to?
>
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xwin.exe :0 -rootless&
/usr/X11R6/bin/openbox -display :0

WFM.
  
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