At 05:41 PM 7/25/2005, you wrote: >>From: Ken Dibble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: cygwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> >>Subject: Re: gv: Unable to open the display. >>Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:03:43 -0500 >> >> >> >> >> >>lin q wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> I just installed gv using the cygwin installer, I select "Download from the >>> internet" option and the install process runs for quite a while. >>> >>> After that I run "/usr/X11R6/bin/gv.exe" and I saw this error, >>> >>>gv: Unable to open the display. >>> >>> What does that mean? >>> >>> Should I install something else for gv to run? Shoudn't cygwin installer >>> already consider that? >>> >>>Thanks. >> >>Moved to Cygwin-Xfree . >> >>Is X running or are you trying to run gv from a cmd-type shell? >> >>You'll probably get more help if you follow the problem reporting guidelines >>at >>http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> >>Tthe XWin log file would be helpful as well. >> >>Regards, >>Ken >It seems I should know a lot more to make gv running... > >My only purpose is to view a postscript file content and as I know I should >run gv, so i installed gv package and then in cygwin shell I type >"/usr/X11R6/bin/gv.exe". 'gv' is an X program. It requires the X-server to run before it will display. You need to start the server first. Type 'startxwin' and that should help. For more info, see: <http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.html> >In the installation process there is nothing obvious wrong. There isn't anything wrong. 'setup.exe' knows 'gv' is a X program. It knew to install the X-server for you. But you have to know to run the server. >You mentioned I should run X first, what that mean? Is there some program I >should run before I fire up gv? Yep, as I mentioned above. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
