On 2/11/2012 12:02 AM, Arnon Moscona wrote:
I just updated cygwin (installing hg), which updated all the packages. gitk now fails to start.I basically get : $Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Users\Admin\cygwin\bin\gitk Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /usr/bin/gitk CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning. Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames Error in startup script: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable while executing "load /usr/lib/tk8.5/../../bin/libtk8.5.dll Tk" ("package ifneeded Tk 8.5.11" script) invoked from within "package require Tk" (file "C:\Users\Admin\cygwin\bin\gitk" line 11) [1]+ Exit 1 gitk --all Note that I've seen the discussion at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-08/msg00478.html, but I don't agree with the conclusion. I never needed an X server before, and gitk displayed fine up until now. So why should I need to run an X server now?
Hi Arnon, because Tk now need the X server. Have you missed ? http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html See also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-10/msg00083.html for further info -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
