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On 2/11/2012 12:02 AM, Arnon Moscona wrote:
> I just updated cygwin (installing hg), which updated all the packages.
> gitk now fails to start.
>
> I basically get :
>
>
> $Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY
> environment variable
> cygwin warning:
>    MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Users\Admin\cygwin\bin\gitk
>    Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /usr/bin/gitk
>    CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
>    Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
>      http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
> Error in startup script: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
>      while executing
> "load /usr/lib/tk8.5/../../bin/libtk8.5.dll Tk"
>      ("package ifneeded Tk 8.5.11" script)
>      invoked from within
> "package require Tk"
>      (file "C:\Users\Admin\cygwin\bin\gitk" line 11)
>
> [1]+  Exit 1                  gitk --all
>
>
>
>
> Note that I've seen the discussion at
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-08/msg00478.html, but I don't agree
> with the conclusion. I never needed an X server before, and gitk
> displayed fine up until now. So why should I need to run an X server
> now?
>

Hi Arnon,
because Tk now need the X server.

Have you missed ?
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html

See also
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-10/msg00083.html
for further info

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