[Magic-dev] Re: Can't make cygwin/magic run on my XP PC

[R. Timothy Edwards]

Dear Johan,

> I type XWin –multiwindow and apparently it runs because I can see the X 
> in my taskbar. But when I try to open another cygwin terminal, I type 
> export DISPLAY=:0, and then oclock, and nothing happens! The prompt just 
> displays an flashing _ and then the terminal doesn’t responds to any key.

If "oclock" isn't running, then I expect nothing you do with Tcl, magic,
etc., will make any difference.  That's why I threw in the simple test
case, to check that the X11 server is fundamentally sound before
proceeding.

I suppose it is theoretically possible for parental control or spam
control software to be responsible;  if it is configured to prevent
unauthorized pop-up windows, it may be able to intercept a window mapping
request between the X11 server and Windows.  If the software provides
any statistics on blocked pop-ups, you might see if it records a window
blocked whenever you attempt to run an X11 application.

It does sound as if the applications are running, but the windows are
not being displayed.  You can try invoking magic from the Cygwin
terminal as "magic -noconsole" or even "magic -dnull -noconsole".  At
least you should be able to confirm that Magic is running, even if
the windows are not being displayed.

					Regards,
					Tim

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