Re: Next step in XFREE debug for New-B

[Nick THOMPSON <nickthompson at agere dot com>]

Isn't this just another case of xterm not working in recent releases
(permission denied). Seems to be something to do with /etc/passwd not
having an entry for you user name and only seems to be a problem on
NT/Win2k (& XP?) which have better security. Look back at the last few
days posts. I've half heartedly tried these fixes, which don't seem to
work for me but YMMV.

Nick.

On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 13:30, Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG wrote:
    I was told I was doing it wrong, i.e.
    
    "You're not supposed to launch startxwin.bat from a Cygwin prompt, you are
    supposed to double-click the batch file from Windows Explorer or you can
    launch startxwin.bat from a Windows command prompt (not a Cygwin command
    prompt). 
    Harold"
    
    To keep you updated, when I did it correctly, the same result occurs, i.e.
    the main window appears, acqua-marine background, with a small iconized
    window labeled bash.  The main window is labeled Cygwin/XFree86.  The cursor
    has the pattern of something designating the corner of something.  If I
    click on the icon labeled bash, it disappears.  If I left click in the main
    window, I get a menu which includes xterm.  If I click on that, I get an
    icon labeled untitled, if I click on that, or click anywhere, it disappears.
    The suiggestion was made last night to try the previous version of XFree,
    which I will do.  I do wish to note that I have the new version of XFree on
    my home computer, running Win98, and this does not occur.  This does not
    occur even if I incorrectly call the batch file from the Cygwin prompt.
    Will keep the list updated, and I appreciate the patience and help.
    
    Wayne