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On 11/10/2009 21:12, Dr. Richard Engelkemeir wrote:
> I ran ccygwin setup to download developer tools for ncurses.
> It also downloaded uninstalled and re-installed several other packages.
> I did this while I had cygwin with XWin --multiwindow running and
> both xterm(s) and emacs (X) running.
> I got a message about 'being in use' and closed my windows,
> later using Windows task manager to stop XWin.
> Since then I've not been able to type in either an xterm or emacs - the
> menus with the mouse work OK.
> I also get
> unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0'
> when I start up for both xmodmap and xrdb.
> I can bring up xterm or emacs but not type in the windows.
> xev does show the keyboard.
> I did have to download xev, which I thought I had before,
> along with xdpyinfo and xwininfo (again, likely I had them)
> cygcheck doesn't indicate any problems, with several of the flags tested.
>
> Any ideas on what I can do to get running again - something missing or
> needing re-installation ?

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