Re: 'startx' window of cygwin/xfree86

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:59:27 -0000

On 25 Apr 2004 22:03:39 -0700, sab
  <biocpu@msn.com> wrote:
> I installed cygwin on win2000. My use is exclusively
> to connect to linux, thus I only installed x11 & xfree86
> and some cygwin basics.
>
> When I launch 'startx', the singlewindow (with grey
> background) successfully comes up. But inside the
> single window, two problems.
> (1) all terminals (xterm, nedit, etc) have the same
> position and I cannot move around each terminal.
> Therefore I cannot use multitasking - very serious
> problem.
>
The terminals don't have a title at the top? Then you are not
running a window manager. Try twm, fvwm or icewm.

> (2) a popup window from the grey screen, activated by
> a mouse button, does not come up.
>
> When 'startx' is executed, a error message '.Xauthority
> is not found' appears. Would this be the cause? If so,
> what should I write into .Xauthority?
>
man xauth 

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