* Re: Starting a xterm window
@ 2017-06-09 10:14 Ugly Leper
2017-06-23 14:50 ` Jon Turney
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From: Ugly Leper @ 2017-06-09 10:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
>> /usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
>> /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
Thanks for all suggestions. Both the following fragments seem to work
flawlessly. Both incorporate a waiting time for XWin to gain traction
before xterm is called:
1. Starting a xterm console from a .cmd file in a Windows Command
Prompt box: include the lines
bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul
timeout 2 > nul 2> nul
bin\xterm -display :0.0
2. Starting a xterm console from a script in a bash (or mintty) shell:
include the lines
run XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>/dev/null &
sleep 2
/bin/xterm -display :0.0
You can vary the pause e.g. timeout 3 or sleep 4. Maybe as brief a
fuse as timeout 1 or sleep 1 will be adequate; but that would make me
nervy about getting the same failure as in >> at the top of this post.
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* Re: Starting a xterm window
2017-06-09 10:14 Starting a xterm window Ugly Leper
@ 2017-06-23 14:50 ` Jon Turney
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From: Jon Turney @ 2017-06-23 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin Mailing List; +Cc: Ugly Leper
On 09/06/2017 11:14, Ugly Leper wrote:
>>> /usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
>>> /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>
> Thanks for all suggestions. Both the following fragments seem to work
> flawlessly. Both incorporate a waiting time for XWin to gain traction
> before xterm is called:
>
> 1. Starting a xterm console from a .cmd file in a Windows Command
> Prompt box: include the lines
>
> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul
> timeout 2 > nul 2> nul
> bin\xterm -display :0.0
>
> 2. Starting a xterm console from a script in a bash (or mintty) shell:
> include the lines
>
> run XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>/dev/null &
> sleep 2
> /bin/xterm -display :0.0
>
> You can vary the pause e.g. timeout 3 or sleep 4. Maybe as brief a
> fuse as timeout 1 or sleep 1 will be adequate; but that would make me
> nervy about getting the same failure as in >> at the top of this post.
You could also write something like 'startxwin /usr/bin/xterm -- -nolock'
You might want to take a look at the manpages for xinit, startx,
startxwin. These are the standard tools for starting an X server and
client(s), while allowing for the fact that the X server is not ready to
accept connections instantly after being started.
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* Re: Starting a xterm window
2017-06-07 16:30 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
@ 2017-06-08 17:13 ` cyg Simple
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From: cyg Simple @ 2017-06-08 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 6/7/2017 12:29 PM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Am 07.06.2017 um 17:18 schrieb Ugly Leper:
>> If I want to enter xterm straight from a Windows command prompt I try
>>
>> G:\> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul &
>> G:\> bin\xterm -display :0.0
>
> I'm less than convinced that the '&' at the end of the first command is
> a valid idea.
>
Probably not since this is from a Windows CMD.
>> /usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
>> /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>>
>> Any ideas? (This used to work, it really did ...)
>
> WFM, without the '&', and each line copy-pasted individually, so there's
> some time for X to start before its services are required.
>
And you're using a Cygwin shell instead of a Windows shell. That may be
more of an issue for the OP.
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* Re: Starting a xterm window
2017-06-07 15:18 Ugly Leper
@ 2017-06-07 16:30 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
2017-06-08 17:13 ` cyg Simple
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From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker @ 2017-06-07 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Am 07.06.2017 um 17:18 schrieb Ugly Leper:
> If I want to enter xterm straight from a Windows command prompt I try
>
> G:\> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul &
> G:\> bin\xterm -display :0.0
I'm less than convinced that the '&' at the end of the first command is
a valid idea.
> /usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
> /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>
> Any ideas? (This used to work, it really did ...)
WFM, without the '&', and each line copy-pasted individually, so there's
some time for X to start before its services are required.
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* Starting a xterm window
@ 2017-06-07 15:18 Ugly Leper
2017-06-07 16:30 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
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From: Ugly Leper @ 2017-06-07 15:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Just getting a problem: this used to work but has stopped!
From within bash I can type
$ run XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>/dev/null &
$ /bin/xterm -display :0.0
and I am in a xterm window. Good; as intended.
If I want to enter xterm straight from a Windows command prompt I try
G:\> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul &
G:\> bin\xterm -display :0.0
but line 2 gives
/usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
/usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set
Any ideas? (This used to work, it really did ...)
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