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no /etc/X11 in 4.0.3
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- Subject: no /etc/X11 in 4.0.3
- From: "Michael Howard" <miguel at howards dot org>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:57:26 -0400
I just tried unsuccessfully to install cygwin/xfree86 4.0.3 on a clean WinME
laptop
* as reported by several others, it starts to run, but no apps come up
(the lights are on, but nobody's home)
* I got a startup error regarding the SecurityPolicy file
error opening security policy file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
* this path includes a symbolic link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 michael 544 134 May 17 19:14 xserver ->
../../../.././
etc/X11/xserver
* there was no etc/X11 directory created as part of the tar installation
process
* mkfontdir.tar creates cygwin/etc/X11/...
seems like a bug
- I did a mv /cygwin/etc/X11 /etc
* none of the tarballs reference the SecurityPolicy file, but it is
included
alongside the .bz2 files in the distribution
* I created the /etc/X11/xserver directory by hand and put the
SecurityPolicy file
in there.
* The SecurityPolicy error message went away
* But xterm still doesn't work
Please advise
mth
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