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Re: How do I run it?
- From: Ian Burrell <iburrell at znark dot com>
- To: Perry Hutchison <perryh at pluto dot rain dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:20:30 -0700
- Subject: Re: How do I run it?
- References: <10204150655.AA14507@pluto.rain.com>
Perry Hutchison wrote:
> OK, I've installed Cygwin and XFree86 on a Windows 95 system. When
> I try to run C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe, I get an error box:
>
> Error Starting Program
>
> A required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found.
>
> That file does exist, in C:\cygwin\bin. Rebooting does not help.
> What part of the installation process did I miss?
>
> The only things I found in the FAQ that seem even remotely related are
> 1.8 and 2.3. They mention a startxwin.bat, which I can't find on my
> system. There's also a mention of a HOW-TO, but the only such file I
> can find is HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE which is a little beyond where I've been
> able to get to so far :)
>
Check your PATH. It needs to include c:\cygwin\bin. How are you trying
to run XWin? From a bash shell? From the run box?
- Ian
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