RE: Problem with Xfree, problem running the application

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> I installed cygwin and xfree86 on my Windows Me Pc following 
> the instructions on the web page. But, I am having problems 
> using the xfree software.
> 
> 1. If I double click on startxwin.bat, I get several errors.
> 
> Several windows open up and show different errors.
> The XSETROOT window shows a "Syntax error".
> The XWin window shows "/tmp/.... should be set to root" and 
> closes automatically. There are also Xterm and twm windows 
> show some error message and close.
> 
> Finally I see
> 
> "Finished - startxwin"
> /USR/X11R6/BIN/XSETROOT: unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0'
> 
> 2. If I run XWin.exe -screen 0 800x600x16 from a MSDOS 
> prompt, I get the error message "cygwin1.dll not found.


Did you follow installation instructions properly??????????????????????????
INSTALL CYGWIN frist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


> 
> If I run the same command from a cygwin window, it opens up 
> Xfree86. But I cannot do anything with it. The following 
> messages show up on the window.
> 
> ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 4 i: 1
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to 
> root winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows 95/98/Me 
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed 
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed 
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 
> 00000017 winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking 
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth 
> of 16 bits per pix el winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - 
> WindowClient width 800 height 600 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () 
> - lPitch: 1600 winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 
> 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d 16 winCreateDefColormap () - 
> Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> 
> 3. If I run ./startxwin.sh from the cygwin window after I run 
> the XWin command, I get the follwoing messages
> 
> Agent pid 699095
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found


This is useless if you do not have Cygwin installed properly or cygwin1.dll
is not available in PATH.

> 
> But, it opens up the xterm in the Xfree86 window opened up by 
> the XWin.exe program and I can use the xwin software after this.


What kind of xterm is it which can display without an xserver.  We do not
distribute such a thing.


Suhaib

> 
> Please let me know what the problem is and how I can solve 
> this problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Srikrishna
>