Can not get XWindows to Work in Cygwin/X .... I LOVE CYGWIN, USE IT EVERY DAY

Dear Cygwin, I am trying to get the X Windows to work, I must be doing something wrong. I read the FAQ and manual but no go. I have Cygwin/X installed on a Windows 7 Desktop. I type Startxwin or xwin and just get a xterm to the server ? I got some directions I am gonna try tonight.

Re : help with shortcuts

I was able to get my profle to run a script, but what I want is to create a shortcut to an ftp script, then create another shortcut to a menu script, and create another shortcut to another script. I am hoping I can be able to do this. I had them in a folder numbered to do a process like 1 -

Help with shortcuts

Can some on give me a help with creating a shortcut to a shell script under Windows 7 ? I am doing something like this in the windows shorcut : C:\CygwinSoftware\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico --exec /cygdrive/x/INBOUND/CWSCRIPTS/mymenu.sh Well I found in the documentation that whe

Newbie Cygdrive questions

Ok ... I am converting my scripts and making progress. But I have a question. My old shell software would let me have a path as : X:/INBOUND/CWSCRIPTS/myscript.sh To access this shared X drive under Cygwin it seems I have to do this : /cygdrive/X/INBOUND/CWSCRIPTS/myscript.sh Is this c

Newbie Questions

I am loving Cygwin. I have been reading the manuals and documentation and have some newbie questions. 1) When I go to execute a script, do I just type the name of it or do i have to do a ./NameOfScript ? 2) I am trying to do an Alias of the Clear Command ... in my bashrc I has an alias

Exploring the idea of going from MKS tooklt to Cygwin

Can anyone give me any ideas or comments ? I am exploring the idea of moving some scripting from the MKS toolkit to Cygwin. I have all of these korn shell scripts that I use to poll our EDI mailboxes, translated the EDI, ftp files to various servers, etc. I am trying to go from Windows XP