RE: installing xfree

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> > You should have binmode.  Are you not following mails today.  It
> had been
> 
> $ mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygdrive/d

Let's try old fashion way ;-)

cd /usr/bin
umount /
mount -b d:/ /

Then you will need to either do a installation of at least extract Xlib.tgz
and fonts archives manually and install them.

Suhaib

> $ CYGWIN=binmode; export
> $ bash
> $ sh Xinstall.sh
> .....
> $
> $ XWin -screen 0 640x480x8
> ...
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> $ mount
> D:\Programme\cygwind\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)
> D:\Programme\cygwind\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)
> D:\Programme\cygwind on / type system (textmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/d/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> $ echo $CYGWIN
> binmode
> 
> ..so mounting d: in binary mode doesn't change anything.
> 
> After installing Cygwin on D:\Programme\cygwin-UNIX with
> Unix mode, the error disappeared.
> 
> $ mount
> D:\Programme\cygwin-UNIX\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)
> D:\Programme\cygwin-UNIX\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)
> D:\Programme\cygwin-UNIX on / type system (binmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/d/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> $ echo $CYGWIN
> 
> The mode of / makes the difference. Then, I installed
> Cygwin on D:\Programme\cygwin-DOS with DOS mode and tried to
> mount / in binary mode. This failed.
> 
> $ mount -bs D:\Programme\cygwin-DOS
> mount: /: Device or resource busy
> 
> At this point, I have to face that getting Xfree86 to work
> requires an installation of Cygwin in Unix mode.  It is not
> possible set Cygwin entirely to binary mode if the installation
> was in DOS mode before.
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> > discussed today.  The HOW TO instructions are in User's Guide.
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > PS: Please keep your mails to mailing list.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frank Meier [mailto:fmeier@ifh.ee.ethz.ch]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:35 PM
> > > To: Suhaib Siddiqi
> > > Subject: AW: installing xfree
> > >
> > > Drive d: is the home for my cygwin installation.
> > >
> > > $ mount
> > > D:\Programme\cygwind\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)
> > > D:\Programme\cygwind\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)
> > > D:\Programme\cygwind on / type system (textmode)
> > > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
> > > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
> > >
> > > so the drive is in textmode.  Do You have any recommendation