Cygwin/X not working after installing OpenSSH

[ScKaSx2]

Hi All,

I was recently using cygwin/x without any problems.  Normally I would use the startxwin.bat file to open an X11 terminal.  Now this is not working because the startxwin.bat file 'cannot be found.'  Indeed when I look for it in /usr/X11R6/bin it is not there!  

This file went missing after I installed the OpenSSH packages in order to run cygrunsrv so that I can access my computer from outside my network (via ssh in cygwin).  Are the X11 and OpenSSH packages incompatible?  When I try to run X11 by using the XWin.exe file it says that cygwin1.dll can not be found.

This is a huge problem since I need X11 working in order to run some of my important programs.  Are there any solutions to get this working?  I prefer to keep the ssh ability but will drop it if I have to.  Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
ScKaSx

[Back, Michael]

On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 13:42 -0800, ScKaSx wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was recently using cygwin/x without any problems.  Normally I would use
> the startxwin.bat file to open an X11 terminal.  Now this is not working
> because the startxwin.bat file 'cannot be found.'  Indeed when I look for it
> in /usr/X11R6/bin it is not there!

Welcome to X.Org R7.4:

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-whereis-startxwin-bat

Regards,

Michael


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[ScKaSx2]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the reply, however, there is nothing in my /usr/bin folder.  Any other ideas?

Cheers,
ScKaSx

Back, Michael wrote:

On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 13:42 -0800, ScKaSx wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was recently using cygwin/x without any problems.  Normally I would use
> the startxwin.bat file to open an X11 terminal.  Now this is not working
> because the startxwin.bat file 'cannot be found.'  Indeed when I look for it
> in /usr/X11R6/bin it is not there!

Welcome to X.Org R7.4:

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-whereis-startxwin-bat

Regards,

Michael


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[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

ScKaSx wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for the reply, however, there is nothing in my /usr/bin folder.  Any
> other ideas?

Without further useful input from you, my WAG is that your installation
didn't complete for some reason.  Try re-running 'setup.exe' and just
"Next" through all the pages.  Presuming that the problem is that the
postinstall scripts didn't run for some reason, this should clear things
up.  If not, I'd recommend reading and following the problem reporting
guidelines found here:

>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

In particular, the part about the 'cygcheck' output could be helpful.


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[Ken Brown-6]

On 12/14/2008 5:15 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> ScKaSx wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, however, there is nothing in my /usr/bin
>> folder.  Any
>> other ideas?
>
> Without further useful input from you, my WAG is that your installation
> didn't complete for some reason.

Another possibility is that he's using something like windows explorer
and looking for c:\cygwin\usr\bin instead of  c:\cygwin\bin:
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.directory-structure

Ken

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[ScKaSx2]

Hi Guys,

Yes, I spoke without thinking.  I was using explorer to find it, which it did before when it was in the X11R6 folder.  I found it through cygwin tho.  Thanks!

Cheers,
ScKaSx

Ken Brown-6 wrote:

On 12/14/2008 5:15 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> ScKaSx wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, however, there is nothing in my /usr/bin
>> folder.  Any
>> other ideas?
>
> Without further useful input from you, my WAG is that your installation
> didn't complete for some reason.

Another possibility is that he's using something like windows explorer
and looking for c:\cygwin\usr\bin instead of  c:\cygwin\bin:
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.directory-structure

Ken

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