Re: XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option

["Brian Michael Genisio" <genisiob at pilot dot msu dot edu>]

I know a batch script or shell script is only a suggestion, but might it be a
good idea to have something in the script giving an example of a screen?  Even
a comment, saying "You must add a screen to the argument list.  An example of
this is -screen 0 640x480x8" would be helpful.

Many Linux users, for instance, use X servers every day, but have never
configured a script to start it... it starts before they log in.  Even in that
case, there is a config file to set... not necessarially a command line
interface.

Of course, a quick read of the X output with -help will show you how to add a
screen, but I believe it should at least be mentioned in the scripts.

Brian

>
> of course no Xserver will run if you do not specifiy the screen
> you must use -screen 0r :0 option.  Plese read more about X first
>
> Suhaib
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hon-Chi Ng [mailto:honchi_ng@my-deja.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:43 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I installed Cygwin 1.3.2 and Cygwin/XFree86 4.1.0 from
> > ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries/4.1.0/
> >
> > I also installed startup-scripts.tgz Release 2 released on
> > Aug 4, 2001.
> >
> > When I tried to run either startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh, it
> > complained with "no screen found" error, as shown below.
> >
> >   $ /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh
> >   Agent pid 1124
> >
> >   Fatal server error:
> >   no screens found
> >   XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X
> > server "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> >        after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> >   XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X
> > server "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> >        after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> >   xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
> >   xsetroot:  unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0'
> >   twm:  unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> >
> >
> > If I tried running XWin without parameter on both cmd.exe and
> > bash, it complained with the same "no screen found" error
> >
> >   $ XWin
> >   _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> >
> >   Fatal server error:
> >   no screens found
> >
> >
> > However, if I supply "-screen 0 1024 768" parameter/argument
> > to XWin command on either command-line of cmd.exe or bash, or
> > in startxwin.* scripts, the X server runs and comes out fine.  E.g.
> >
> >   XWin -screen 0 1024 768
> >
> >
> > In "Chapter 3. Configuring Cygwin/XFree86" of Cygwin/XFree86
> > User's Guide at http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ , it
> > mentions that XWin.exe can be used without any
> > parameter/argument, which by default, runs in windowed mode
> > with the largest window that will fit on your Windows
> > desktop, using ...
> >
> >
> > What have I missed?   Why my XWin won't run without -screen option?
> >
> > BTW, I read the FAQ at
> > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#AEN26
> 1 and searched the mailing list archives with "no screens" with
> http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=htdig&restrict=%2Fml%2Fcygwin-xfre
> e%2F&exclude=&method=and&format=builtin-long&sort=time&words=no+screens
> , but found nothing mentioned about the "no screens found" error.
>
>
> FYI,
>
>   $ /tmp/Xinstall.sh -check
>   Checking which OS you're running...
>   uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-5.0' version '1.3.2(0.39/3/2)', architecture
> 'i686'.
>
>   Binary distribution name is 'Cygwin-ix86'
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards
> Hon-Chi
>
>
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Brian Genisio
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