RE: ** x-windows for oracle installation

Xwindows is not installed with cygwin by default. If the startxwin script is not there (re)install the xterm module for cygwin.

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> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:34 PM
> To: Nirmalya Das
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> Subject: Re: ** x-windows for oracle installation
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> Thanks Nirmalya and Steiner for your help.
>
> Do I need to do any installation on UNIX server? I assume not.
> When I start cygwin from my PC I get the prompt : bash-3.00$.
> pwd gives : /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin
> i tried startx but it gave error : command not found
> /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh : bad interpreter. no such file
> i tried xhost <ipofunixserver> : command not found
>
> Maybe
> When you install cygwin, make sure you install the xwindows options.
> Then from cygwin run /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh Then type xhost ip
> address of your oracle server. From your oracle server export
> DISPLAY=your pc address.
>
> Nirmalya Das <nirmalya_at_hln.com> wrote:
>
> All you have to do is:
> 1. open a cygwin window
> 2. startx
>
> Quoting A Joshi :
>
> > Hi,
> > In order to get x-windows for oracle installation, I am trying
to
> > use CYGWIN and it gives error : could not find xterm. Does
anyone
> > have experience with using CYGWIN or is there another
alternative?
> > Long term we are looking to buy exceed/hummingbird but till
then I
> > need an working alternative. I am connecting from a XP to a
SUnos
> > 2.8. Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
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