XMING running but no Xclient spawned
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I have installed MEGAlib on a Windows10 machine using the Ubuntu App method. Xming server is installed and running. But when geomega (for example) is called, it exits with an error that no x-client seems to start. The specific output to the cmd line before exiting is: "No X-client or ROOT in batch mode: Using batch mode.."
Can anyone offer ideas on why the x11 client for the MEGAlib applications don't seem to be starting?
Thanks
Hi Rodney,
Can you open other X11 applications? For example xterm?
Or are just the MEGAlib applications not working?
Best,
Andreas
I believe other x11 apps are ok. For example I've connected to a remote machine using putty. The Xserver is running in my task bar. I am not sure what other x11 apps I have that I can test it with though. Thanks for the help.
Open a bash prompt and type:
xterm &
Do you get a window with another terminal?
Ah - yes, I can get an xterm from my unbuntu bash shell.
And..having done that I just ran geomega from inside that xterm and I get the x11 GUI just fine now. So I guess that's the answer? The x11 tools have to run from inside an xterm (rather than just inside the ubuntu app window)? Thanks again for the help.
Usually I can just run all of the MEGAlib UI programs from any bash terminal. I do not know what might cause the problem in your case.
Which Windows 10 release and which Ubuntu version are you using?
I am using Windows 10 Home Version 1803 and as for Ubuntu I am using Version 1604.2018.510.0
Where you able to get it to run?
For me MEGAlib works with the latest version of Windows and Ubuntu 1604
I was able to reproduce this error on a fresh installation of Windows 10 1803 with Ubuntu from the Microsoft store.
In order to get X to work you have to set
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
in your .bashrc