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From: "akshay chavan via cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:21:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1308285295.576965.1549657291745@mail.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308285295.576965.1549657291745.ref@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi,
A newbie to Cygwin here. 
I have installed Cygwin on Windows 10. I have also installed the "nedit" editor as a package while installing cygwin, along with x-org server and other x-windows related stuff. When I open a cygwin console and type startxwin nedit, I get the following error message:
xinit: unable to run server "/usr/bin/XWin": No such file or directory
Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and
that "/usr/bin/XWin" is a program or a link to the right type of server
for your display.  Possible server names include:

    XWin        X Server for the Cygwin environment on Microsoft Windows
    Xvfb        Virtual frame buffer
    Xfake       kdrive-based virtual frame buffer
    Xnest       X server nested in a window on another X server
    Xephyr      kdrive-based nested X server
    Xvnc        X server accessed over VNC's RFB protocol
    Xdmx        Distributed Multi-head X server

xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

What Am I doing wrong? I tried searching for solutions online but couldn't find any. Sorry if this is silly, because I am a newbie to Cygwin.
Thanks

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       reply	other threads:[~2019-02-08 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1308285295.576965.1549657291745.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2019-02-08 20:21 ` akshay chavan via cygwin [this message]
2019-02-09  6:27   ` akshay chavan via cygwin
2019-02-09 13:50     ` Andrey Repin
2019-02-09 14:46       ` L A Walsh
2019-02-09 16:34         ` Posting etiquette: Was: " Jack
2019-02-09 18:26         ` Posting Order (was: Getting error message...) Brian Inglis
2019-02-09 23:02           ` bzs
2019-02-10  0:36             ` Posting Order L A Walsh
2019-02-10  0:36           ` L A Walsh
2019-02-10  6:13             ` Brian Inglis
2019-02-09 19:06         ` Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin Vince Rice
2019-02-10  0:02           ` L A Walsh
2019-02-10  0:43             ` Vince Rice
2019-02-10  8:43               ` Corinna Vinschen

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