RE: X server won't start in win95a

[Raymond Kwong <kwong at control dot toronto dot edu>]

I installed the same set of files on the 3rd win95 machine to re-assure
myself that the installation does work. The only thing I have noticed so
far is that the working win95 machine did not have directX installed,
whereas one of the non-working win95 machines has directX version 4
installed. Could that have caused a problem?

Raymond
 
> From: Raymond Kwong [mailto:kwong@control.toronto.edu] 
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:28 AM
> To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> Subject: Re: X server won't start in win95a
> 
> 
> I installed cygwin and xfree86 4.0.3 on a 3rd win95 machine. Lo and
> behold, this one worked! The other two still didn't. I haven't figured
> out what is the difference between these machines. I suppose 
> windows is
> so obscure that such detective work may be painstaking and
> time-consuming. Have you heard from anyone else who had the symptoms I
> have, i.e. waiting for X server to accept connections? I think that is
> the key to the mystery. Do you have any further insights?


Why do not you try Xfree86 4.1.0?  No I do not have any insight, except that
your windows TCP/IP might be messed up on those two machines.  Hard to say
anything.

Suhaib

> 
> Raymond
> 
> On 15 Jun, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Raymond Kwong [mailto:kwong@control.toronto.edu] 
> >> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 2:32 AM
> >> To: Suhaib Siddiqi
> >> Subject: Re: X server won't start in win95a
> >> 
> >> 
> >> X server did not start with testx. I have tried both cygwin 
> >> 1.1.8-2 and 
> >> 1.3.1-1 without success. The only thing I have not tried is 
> >> the newest cygwin 
> >> and the newest xfree86. Have other people reported success 
> >> with win95a?
> > 
> > Yes, you can check mail archive.
> > Can you try Cygwin 1.3.2 and XFree86 4.1.0?
> > 
> > Suhaib
> > 
> >> 
> >> Raymond
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 07:07:36PM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >> > Please put the attached "testx" file in /usr/X11R6/bin, 
> >> then open a Cygwin
> >> > bash shell.
> >> > 
> >> > Cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> >> > 
> >> > Chmod 755 testx
> >> > ./testx
> >> > 
> >> > PS: Change vtwm & to twm& if you do not have vtwm installed.  
> >> > Remove or rename your .xinitrc and .xserverrc files.
> >> > 
> >> > Let me know if server starts or not.
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: Raymond Kwong [mailto:kwong@control.toronto.edu]
> >> > > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:16 PM
> >> > > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> >> > > Subject: Re: X server won't start in win95a
> >> > > 
> >> > > I didn't try them all, but I tried 640x480, and it didn't 
> >> work. Should I
> >> > > try others?
> >> > > 
> >> > > Raymond
> >> > > 
> >> > > > What I mean by the bash prompt chaning to XWin is that the
> >> > > > title of the
> >> > > > prompt window changes to XWin. I don't mean that the 
> >> window changes to
> >> > > > an X server window!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My .xinitrc is standard:
> >> > > > #!/bin/bash
> >> > > > export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> >> > > > export PATH=.:$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
> >> > > > xterm -sb -sl 1024 -font 9x15 -e /bin/bash &
> >> > > > twm
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My .xserverrc is also standard:
> >> > > > #!/bin/bash
> >> > > > exec XWin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> >> > > > -engine 4
> >> > > 
> >> > > 
> >> > > Did you try at lower resolution e.g. 600x800 to see if 
> it works.
> >> > > 
> >> > > 
> >> > > Suhaib
> >> > > 
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I have tried options such as -fullscreen, -ac, with the 
> >> same results.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The same setup on my windows 2000 thinkpad works fine.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Many thanks for your fast response.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Raymond
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On 14 Jun, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >> I recently installed cygwin and cygwin-xfree 4.0.3.
> >> > > > >> Everything works except
> >> > > > >> for the X server. If I run startxwin.bat, XWin 
> window comes
> >> > > > >> up but does not
> >> > > > >> change into the X root window. Xterm and vtwm 
> then come up,
> >> > > > >> stay for a while
> >> > > > >> and exit. XWin window stays black and blank and does not
> >> > > > >> exit. I need to kill
> >> > > > >> it manually. There are no error messages for XWin.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > We need more info.
> >> > > > > post your startxwin.bat
> >> > > > > what are the messages displayed in DOS window when you use
> >> > > > startxwin.bat?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> I also tried running startx from the bash prompt. 
> I created
> >> > > > >> .xinitrc and
> >> > > > >> .xserverrc. When I run startx, the bash window changes to
> >> > > > >> XWin,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Never heard of a bash window chnaging to xwin??? Can you
> >> > > > explain what
> >> > > > > do you mean, a bash window can never change to xwin or
> >> > > > x-server window,
> >> > > > > whatever.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Suhaib
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >> and after
> >> > > > >> a little while, an error message comes up saying 
> "waiting for
> >> > > > >> X server to
> >> > > > >> begin accepting  connections" followed by 
> periods. If I kill
> >> > > > >> it by Ctrl-C,
> >> > > > >> an error message comes up saying "xinit, no such file or
> >> > > > >> directory (errno 2):
> >> > > > >> unexpected signal 2".
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> I am still running the ancient win95a, but I am under the
> >> > > > >> impression that
> >> > > > >> the X server works for all versions of win9x. It is
> >> > > > >> interesting to observe
> >> > > > >> that the win32-x11 server works (as does xvnc), but it is
> >> > > > >> excruciatingly
> >> > > > >> slow. Can anyone point out where the problem lies?
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Thanks!
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Raymond Kwong
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