From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sa-prd-fep-049.btinternet.com (mailomta9-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.15]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12868385783D for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2020 14:34:38 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 12868385783D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk Received: from sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.5]) by sa-prd-fep-049.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20200906143437.RNYZ4195.sa-prd-fep-049.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net>; Sun, 6 Sep 2020 15:34:37 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com X-Originating-IP: [86.158.32.120] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.158.32.120 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrudegjedgjeelucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefuvfhfhffkffgfgggjtgfgsehtjeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeeguefhkedvfeeigefhhedtjeehieegtdehhffhheffgfehheegtdffleejteeuueenucfkphepkeeirdduheekrdefvddruddvtdenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegludelvddrudeikedruddrudduudgnpdhinhgvthepkeeirdduheekrdefvddruddvtddpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeojhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukhequceuqfffjgepkeeukffvoffkoffgpdhrtghpthhtohepoegthihgfihinhestgihghifihhnrdgtohhmqedprhgtphhtthhopeeonhgvfhgrrhhiohhushhstghhvghmvgesghhmrghilhdrtghomheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.111] (86.158.32.120) by sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.340) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 5ED9AA6E0F94BEB7; Sun, 6 Sep 2020 15:34:37 +0100 Subject: Re: Fwd: Only console users can use startx To: The Cygwin Mailing List References: From: Jon Turney Message-ID: <454a415d-d258-ac9a-354d-212bf888573c@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 15:34:37 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:34:40 -0000 On 02/09/2020 02:48, Jim McNamara via Cygwin wrote: > Hi all > > I got tigervnc to work over ssh. I cant get past when I type startx into > the screen I logged into. It is the login screen like ctrl+f2. Any ideas? > > I'm trying to look at xfce from cygwin. There's a lot of detail missing here, so I'm forced to guess what you are trying to do. Assuming it's something like 'use cygwin vncviewer to connect to a remote xfce session running on a vncserver through a ssh tunnel', startx isn't really the right tool to use here, instead adjust ~/.vnc/xstartup to run startxfce.