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RE: Why I can't run xwin?
- To: 'Wang Hai' <wh at uncnet dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: RE: Why I can't run xwin?
- From: Neil Lunn <neillunn at gunz dot com dot au>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:45:28 +1000
Wrong list. Try cygwin-xfree.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wang Hai [mailto:wh@uncnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:18 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Why I can't run xwin?
>
>
> cygwin
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded and installed CygWin. I think it was a
> successful install.
> I'm running Win2000, and it appears in my Programs menu,
> under the folder
> "Cygnus Solutions" .
>
> When I start up CygWin brings up an MSDOS window.
>
> But when I run "XWin.exe -screen 0 800x600x8 -whitepixel 255
> -blackpixel 0",
> it appears "_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should
> be set to root".I don't know what is the meaning.So I can't run Xwin.
>
> I installed CygWin in c:\cygwin\ and when I look in the
> cygwin folder, there is a /tmp/.X11-unix directory.
>
> So how can I do?
> Oh, Help, help!
>
> Wang Hai
> wh@uncnet.com
>
>
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