Thanks for the answer. I tried it and it works. But kde desktop is unusable: I can see only a black screen.
Max. 2018-01-09 6:49 GMT+01:00 Robert McBroom <mcfo...@bellsouth.net>: > On 01/05/2018 07:01 AM, Nero Wolfe Band wrote: > >> Hello everyone. >> I can't understand why startkde doesn't work in my pc. >> >> My PC is a W7 64bit >> I launch Cygwin Terminal (D:\..\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -) >> I launch "startkde" but kde can't start. I get the error "$DISPLAY is not >> set or cannot connect to the X server." >> >> Issue seems to be in kcheckrunning command in the /usr/bin/startkde >> script. >> I try to run it standalone and it gives always RC=2, even without any >> xserver running! >> >> Anyway, xfce (startxfce4) works greatly and launching a kde app in it >> (i.e.: kwrite), works correctly. >> >> I can't find anything useful in the web. >> Any idea? >> >> Thanks. >> Massimiliano >> >> If you issue a startxwin command in terminal and then start a new > terminal from the X application menu icon on the start bar $DISPLAY will be > set and an X server. > > -- -- ...gli occhi mi fanno pupi pupi... A. Camilleri "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens." ("Contro la stupidità neanche gli dei possono nulla.") F. Schiller -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple