RE: ** x-windows for oracle installation

  • From: "Steiner, Randy" <RASTEIN@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ajoshi977@xxxxxxxxx>, "Nirmalya Das" <nirmalya@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:33:55 -0500

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
> Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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 <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@xxxxxxx> 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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