From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: katomic and atomix will not run
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:15:22 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5424af81-de85-3c61-c907-5a3c3703c1b8@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f063d4be-a5c3-7149-ca6f-1b6ce4cd6a63@cs.umass.edu>
On 2020-04-18 10:20, Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 4/18/2020 11:40 AM, Phoenix Soul wrote:
>> No, I haven't. What is it and how do I run one?
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:23 PM Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu
>> <mailto:moss@cs.umass.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/17/2020 5:16 PM, Phoenix Soul via Cygwin wrote:
>> > I decided that I was going to get katomic and atomix for cygwin, and
>> > selected the most recent version listed.
>> > atomix refuses to run and says:
>> > Unable to init server: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1
>> <http://127.0.0.1>: Connection refused
>> >
>> > (atomix:1495): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>> > katomic says:
>> > QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to
>> > '/tmp/runtime-warri_000'
>> > qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display
>> > Could not connect to any X display.
>> > I have already tried using source as well. I have already pinged 127.0.0.1
>> > (localhost) to ensure that it does exist. What must be done to fix it.
>> > Windows version is 8.1, and this is a no admin installation.
>>
>> ... and you have an X server already running? Maybe some details
>> about that end of things will help folks help you ...
Shouldn't those apps also be in X11 categories to be clear?
> Well that explains your error messages :-) ...
>
> An X server deals with the screen, and X windows applications, such as the
> ones you're trying to run, connect to it to get their stuff displayed.
>
> The guide to X on Cygwin may be found at https://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/.
> I also find the XLaunch program to be helpful. Maybe someone else has a
> short cookbook list of things to do or can direct you to particular
> sections of the guide ...
They could be run against a non-Cygwin Xserver anywhere.
I think the Cygwin minimal package list for X is to install package xinit to
pull in everything else needed for a local multi-window X server.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-17 21:16 Phoenix Soul
2020-04-17 22:23 ` Eliot Moss
2020-04-18 15:40 ` Phoenix Soul
2020-04-18 16:20 ` Eliot Moss
2020-04-18 17:15 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
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