Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <12F176DD950ED411B68E0050DA14ED10338809@jupiter.gunzphoto.com.au> From: Neil Lunn To: "'Wang Hai'" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: Why I can't run xwin? Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:45:28 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" Wrong list. Try cygwin-xfree. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wang Hai [mailto:wh AT uncnet DOT com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:18 PM > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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 AT uncnet DOT com > > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > __________________________________________________________________________ Please Note : Only the intended recipient is authorised to access or use this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the sender immediately. The contents of this e-mail are the writer's opinion and are not necessarily endorsed by the Gunz Companies unless expressly stated. We use virus scanning software but exclude all liability for viruses or similar in any attachment. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple