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Re: "X connection to 127.0. ...explicit kill..."


I finally got a chance to check out the config on my home machine.
I don't have /etc/hosts, either; what I did do was modify startxwin.bat
(and startxwin.sh) to set DISPLAY to :0.0 - try that.

-nik

On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:18:29PM -0500, Ed Conrad wrote:
> 
> Nikolaus Bates-Haus wrote:
> 
> > I ran into something like this setting up my home machine, to which I
> > don't have access right now.
> > It ended up being an issue with host / DISPLAY configuration; check out
> > your /etc/hosts and make sure the entries make sense. I remember I had
> > to do something with localhost and/or my chosen hostname, and 127.0.0.1,
> > to get it to work.
> 
> I dont have that directory.
> The only host files I found are in a perl scripts folders about 5 levels under the
> root.  I did not see any display stuff like you talk about in any of them.  Is
> there no one who knows why I cant get my window up?
> 
> >
> > I think that what's happening is that XWin.exe starts, but all clients
> > fail to connect, so it just shuts down immediately.
> > I ended up setting my DISPLAY to something other than the default, as well
> > (try setting your DISPLAY to be just ":0" rather than "127.0.0.1:0")
> >
> 
> I tried that in bash, nota.
> 
> > -nik
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 08:01:58AM -0500, Ed Conrad wrote:
> > > Why don't you please re-read the original message.   I explained what happens
> > > when I run the bat files.
> > >
> > > The path in the bat files are correct or it would not open the xwindow in the
> > > first place!  You cant even open startx with the wrong path. I get the startx
> > > window, the window after that and then the xwin pops up for a second or so
> > > before it crashes.
> > >
> > > Something is going wrong when the xwindow is first opend.  The fact that I
> > > can't run XWin.exe is just a clue I included because the user guide says I
> > > should be able to run it.
> > > Andrew Markebo wrote:
> > >
> > > > / Ed Conrad <epconrad@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
> > > > | cygwin is installd.  This is a bug or somekind or config problem i have.
> > > >
> > > > *bonk* you are trying to run Xwin.exe, what happens if you run
> > > >  startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh??
> > > >
> > > > Basically the problem is that the environment variable PATH doesn't
> > > > contain c:\cygwin\bin, or where you installed cygwin. If I recall
> > > > right the startxwin-scripts sets this, but if you want to run without
> > > > them, you have to set the path yourself.
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > | > | If I try to run XWin.exe, it says that it cant find
> > > > | > | cygwin1.dll.
> > > >
> > > >         /Andy
> > > > --
> > > >  The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty!
> > >
> 


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