From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20861 invoked by alias); 8 Feb 2019 20:21:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 20853 invoked by uid 89); 8 Feb 2019 20:21:39 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=refused, connect, silly, H*c:PHrt X-HELO: sonic308-11.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: from sonic308-11.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (HELO sonic308-11.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com) (66.163.187.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:21:38 +0000 Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic308.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 20:21:36 +0000 Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:21:00 -0000 From: "akshay chavan via cygwin" Reply-To: akshay chavan To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Message-ID: <1308285295.576965.1549657291745@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Getting error message when launching X-Window apps in Cygwin MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1308285295.576965.1549657291745.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SW-Source: 2019-02/txt/msg00080.txt.bz2 Hi, A newbie to Cygwin here.=20 I have installed Cygwin on Windows 10. I have also installed the "nedit" ed= itor as a package while installing cygwin, along with x-org server and othe= r 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.=C2=A0 Possible server names include: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 XWin=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 X Server = for the Cygwin environment on Microsoft Windows =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Xvfb=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Virtual f= rame buffer =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Xfake=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 kdrive-based v= irtual frame buffer =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Xnest=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 X server neste= d in a window on another X server =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Xephyr=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 kdrive-based nested= X server =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Xvnc=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 X server = accessed over VNC's RFB protocol =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Xdmx=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Distribut= ed 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple