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Re: Changes in XFree86?
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Changes in XFree86?
- From: "magnum3065" <magnum3065 at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 03:36:00 -0400
- References: <001e01c0d723$54dc8820$1fab0a23@huntharo>
Ok, I figured out the problem. The file X, which should have been a symlink
to XWin.exe, was only a blank text document. I've fixed my installation,
but this should be fixed soon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: "'magnum3065'" <magnum3065@hotmail.com>; <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: RE: Changes in XFree86?
> I updated the User's Guide to list the correct set of files to download.
>
> However, there were no changes to the Cygwin/XFree86 binaries.
>
> Harold
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of magnum3065
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:32 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Changes in XFree86?
> >
> >
> > I downloaded XFree86 a few days ago and installed it just fine, but I
> > screwed some stuff up in cygwin and reinstalled it. I
> > downloaded XFree86
> > again today and noticed that a few modifications were made on
> > the list of
> > files on the installation site, as well as some changes to
> > the startxwin.bat
> > file. I'm not sure what else was changed in XFree86, but now
> > it won't work.
> > When I run the bat file the program opens, but no xterms open up, and
> > running startx from cygwin tells me that it's "giving up" and
> > can't find the
> > server. I'm confused about what was changed from the version
> > I downloaded a
> > few days ago, and I'm not sure how to fix it.
> >
>