Simple issues with X and Emacs/XEmacs

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 11:32:02AM -0700, David Karr wrote:
>It's been a few years since I've installed a new Cygwin installation.  I
>used to use XEmacs in Cygwin, and it worked reasonably well.  I could get it
>to start up in a regular MS Windows window, I believe without having to use
>an X server.
>
>I just installed Cygwin again on a new box, and I'm having trouble getting
>either Emacs or XEmacs to do anything useful.  Both Emacs and XEmacs
>complain that they can't connect to the X server, although I can get rxvt to
>work.
>
>When I run "startx", it gives me a dumb window manager (no decorations).  I
>can at least start Emacs and XEmacs now, but the Emacs font is unusable
>(just open boxes).  XEmacs appears to be basically working.
>
>I ran through the Cygwin user guide already, but these kinds problems aren't
>addressed there (as far as I can tell).

If you are having X problems you should check out the FAQ at
x.cygwin.com.  If your issues are not addressed there then contact the
cygwin-xfree mailing list.

cgf

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