Re: startx doesn't seem to work (solved sort of)

2015-12-19 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 29/11/2015 04:34, Peter Van Epp wrote: or 2) install everything in Xfce in which case startx starts the xfce4 desktop. Since I'm happy with xfce4, thats my solution. However it appears to me that there is a dependency missing in xorg-server as it doesn't appear to load enough to make X actua

Re: startx doesn't seem to work (solved sort of)

2015-12-19 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I can get startx to work by one of two methods (neither probably > ideal) > (on cygwin-64 in case that matters): I have had the exact same issue since I updated cygwin some months ago. I just updated now and still cannot start the X server. Very annoying. Frédéric -- Problem reports:

Re: startx doesn't seem to work (solved sort of)

2015-11-28 Thread Peter Van Epp
I can get startx to work by one of two methods (neither probably ideal) (on cygwin-64 in case that matters): 1) install everything in X11 at which point this (with only xinit, xorg-server and xterm selected): $ startx xauth: file /home/Owner/.Xauthority does not exist xauth: file /h

Re: startx doesn't seem to work

2015-11-23 Thread Peter Van Epp
> On my Win7 machine with a newly installed cygwin-64 installed via > setup-x86_64.exe with everything default except xinit and xorg-server > selected running startx from a terminal window opens a full screen window > and then dies. A search of startx fails in the mail archives didn't t

Re: startx doesn't seem to work

2015-11-22 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 22/11/2015 04:18, Peter Van Epp wrote: On my Win7 machine with a newly installed cygwin-64 installed via setup-x86_64.exe with everything default except xinit and xorg-server selected running startx from a terminal window opens a full screen window and then dies. A search of startx fai

startx doesn't seem to work

2015-11-21 Thread Peter Van Epp
On my Win7 machine with a newly installed cygwin-64 installed via setup-x86_64.exe with everything default except xinit and xorg-server selected running startx from a terminal window opens a full screen window and then dies. A search of startx fails in the mail archives didn't turn up any