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From: arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva)
Subject: Re: rxvt popping up and disappearing again ?
24 Oct 1997 05:58:42 -0700 :
Message-ID: <199710241230.IAA24092.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov>
References: <01bcdfe6$f0fb1470$ad0b0dc3 AT skynet71189 DOT skynet DOT be>
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To: @skynet.be
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

> 
> I'm using the lastest X11R6.3 distribution and the ASTEC-X
> server.  After firing up the X-server I start xclock...
> Works fine, but when I try rxvt, that's why I want to use X,
> the it pops up and diappears with the following:
> 
> rxvt: Failed to open input method
> seteuid called, and it's not done yet.
> rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty
> rxvt: aborting
> 
> Does anybody have any ideas?
> 

Yep, set CYGWIN_TTY=1

Geoffrey: why can't this be the default?

-- 
Arlindo da Silva    
dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu


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