Re: Trouble starting LyX under MS XP/cygwin

2009-05-17 Thread Eben Oldmixon
Enrico Forestieri writes: > Try whether setting DISPLAY helps. > % DISPLAY=localhost:0 <= if you use the bash shell > and then launch lyx again. > ... try the latest version here: > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.2/lyx-1.6.2-cygwin.tar.gz Thanks. (Having trouble figuring out how the

Re: Trouble starting LyX under MS XP/cygwin

2009-05-17 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Eben Oldmixon writes: > > %which lyx > /usr/bin/lyx > %lyx > lyx: cannot connect to X server The X server is probably not running or you forgot to set the DISPLAY environment variable. > What should I do? Thanks in advance for help and insight. Try whether setting DISPLAY helps. % DISPLAY=loca

Trouble starting LyX under MS XP/cygwin

2009-05-17 Thread Eben Oldmixon
I use cygwin on a machine running MS XP. I have updated my cygwin installation to include lyx and X-windows dependencies. I've found the Cygwin-X label under the 'START' Menu and clicked the XWin Server button. Nothing obvious happens, and lyx does not want to start; that is: %which lyx /usr