[xcrysden] xcrysden on windows 7 (Cygwin)

Tone Kokalj tone.kokalj at ijs.si
Tue Feb 28 13:45:46 CET 2012


On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 12:50 +0100, Nikita Vakula wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> 
> I'm new to xcrysden. And I have a question about installation of
> xcrysden on windows 7/cygwin. After installation of it on windows I
> tried to launch it but had an error:
> 
> 
> Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY
> environment variable
> Error in startup script: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment
> variable
>     while executing
> "load /usr/lib/tk8.5/../../bin/libtk8.5.dll Tk"

This means you attempted to run xcrysden without the running X-window.
Start the X-window first!

Regards, Tone

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