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Re: Environment windows not opening


On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 john_staroba@agilent.com wrote:

> I just installed cygwin without any trouble. The command prompt window
> appears to be working fine, as does the vi editor. When attempting to
> launch an xwindow, only the main window will open and the system
> apparently hangs. Prompt window displays
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> until you close the main xwindow, and then displays:
>
> giving up.
> xinit: No such file or directory <errno 2>: unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process <errno 3>: Server error.
>
> I'm running win NT. Any ideas on what to do?

Yes.  Run an X server.  For details, see http://xfree86.cygwin.com/
If you have problems, please direct any queries to the cygwin-xfree list
(I set the Reply-To: field to it, and also Cc'd this message there).
	Igor
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