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RE: Xfree Problem(more specific error discription)
- To: "'Harold Hunt'" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Subject: RE: Xfree Problem(more specific error discription)
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:04:08 -0400
- Cc: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
OK, then I will recheck. Thanks for info
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 10:16 AM
> To: 'Suhaib Siddiqi'; cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Xfree Problem(more specific error discription)
>
>
> Nah... I get the same problem with the devel tarball.
>
> Harold
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Suhaib
> > Siddiqi
> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:15 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > Subject: RE: Xfree Problem(more specific error discription)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > **************************************************************
> > > **********
> > > Here is what at is anouncing after tar -xvf xfree86-4.0.3.tar
> > >
> > > "
> > > tar: Archive contains
> > > `"\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\374\216\355\266"' where
> > > numeric time_t value expected
> > > tar: Archive contains
> > > `"\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\374\216\355\266"' where
> > > numeric time_t value expected
> > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> >
> > I assume your archives are coorupted during download.
> >
> > Second under /cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries/4.0.3 I do not distribute
> > any file called "xfree86-4.0.3.tar" From where did you get it?
> >
> > Download from:
> >
> >
> ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries/4.0.3/
> >
> > then unbzip2 and untar in /usr/X11R6. Instructions to
> install are at
> >
> >
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/docs/howto/cygwin-xfree-ug.html
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > "
> > > and even if I used the result of the /usr/X11R6 produced by this
> > > package and start the startxwin.bat from the DOS-shell I am
> > > still getting
> > > the same problems.
> > >
> > > Could you tell me please what I am doing wrong!!!
> > >
> > > Reagrds
> > >
> > > MD
> > >
>