1) Edit the batch file 'cygwin.bat' (Will be in the installed folder)
You will see the below line in it
bash --login -i
Add the following statement next to it (Note that the startxwin.sh should be there in C:\Cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin )
bash --login -i /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh
2) Once you are done editing, run the batch file as administrator:
You should be able to see the X windows popping up:
3) Once you see X window, issue xhost + command so that clients can access from any host. See the below image.
Issue xcalc or xclock command to test if you were able to see the GUI.
NOTE: If you get Reason: spawn:fork() failed. Then close the window, and run the batch file again. I often get this reason, and I simply run it twice or thrice to run successfully, doono why.
3) If you are using putty on the client, export DISPLAY environment variable in that session:
export DISPLAY = 192.168.2.1:0.0 (marked in red is IP address of client)
Problem: If you don't set up DISPLAY.
If you don't set up your DISPLAY variable, you will see the following error:
[oracle@vinay 10201]$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking installer requirements...
Checking operating system version: must be redhat-3, SuSE-9, redhat-4, UnitedLinux-1.0, asianux-1 or asianux-2
Passed
All installer requirements met.
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2009-02-28_12-04-45AM. Please wait ...[oracle@vinay 10201]$ X connection to localhost:11.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Solution: Set the DISPLAY variable
[oracle@vinay 10201]$ echo $DISPLAY
localhost:11.0
[oracle@vinay 10201]$ export DISPLAY=192.168.216.1:0.0
[oracle@vinay 10201]$ echo $DISPLAY
192.168.216.1:0.0
[oracle@vinay 10201]$ ls
doc install response runInstaller stage welcome.html
[oracle@vinay 10201]$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking installer requirements...
Checking operating system version: must be redhat-3, SuSE-9, redhat-4, UnitedLinux-1.0, asianux-1 or asianux-2
Passed
All installer requirements met.
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2009-02-28_12-05-19AM. Please wait ...[oracle@vinay 10201]$
