Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 24876 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2006 13:39:42 -0600 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by 69.64.49.119 with SMTP; 2 Feb 2006 13:39:42 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 1E438291359; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:39:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30654-07; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:39:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8DBF129131F; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:39:41 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:39:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 552102911DB for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:39:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30635-02 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:39:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from f4dd49-07.Broomfield1.Level3.net (qfe4.f4dd49-07.Broomfield1.Level3.net [209.245.18.98]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id E25652912F8 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:39:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from nyctowa01.transit.nyct.com (mailout.nyct.com [205.183.220.9]) by f4dd49-07.Broomfield1.Level3.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BE43306A7; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:39:25 +0000 (GMT) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Subject: RE: ** x-windows for oracle installation Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:33:55 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: ** x-windows for oracle installation Thread-Index: AcYoL8cnPsZ2BY5kSt2fvDEmXyMXnQAAFqaw From: "Steiner, Randy" To: , "Nirmalya Das" Cc: X-archive-position: 30722 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: RASTEIN@NYCT.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: RASTEIN@NYCT.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net Xwindows is not installed with cygwin by default. If the startxwin script is not there (re)install the xterm module for cygwin. > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:34 PM > To: Nirmalya Das > Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org > Subject: Re: ** x-windows for oracle installation > > 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 : 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 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. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & > more > > on new and used cars. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos > lYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDMmF1dG9z/*http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/popular/th is > week.html> -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l