Re: WMaker crashes when starting with startxwin.bat

["J S" <vervoom at hotmail dot com>]

Hi Klaus,

This answer probably won't help because I'm probably speaking rubbish, but I 
have got the same problem as you, so I know what you're talking about.

You can start wmaker from the cygwin window, but not from a batch file (or 
more specifically a windows command window). I think this probably has 
something to do with the user $HOME, because in Cygwin it knows your $HOME 
is /home/user, and under there you have the GNUstep folder with your 
WindowMaker settings. However your windows home is probably pointing 
somewhere else, so WindowMaker can't find the GNUstep folder in your home 
directory, causing it to crash?

JS.

> Hi all,
>
> I just installed Cygwin using the Internet installation including XFree86
> and wmaker.
> I can start X without any problem and I can start wmaker from the bash
> prompt.
>
> The only problem I have is with startxwin.bat. I changed the window manager
> in this file from twm to wmaker, but whenever I try, I get the following
> error:
> Window Maker received signal 11.
> I see that X is up and it even changed the background color according to 
> the
> settings in startxwin.bat.
>
> In the archive for this mailing list I found the suggestion to change the
> HOME path settings, but either I did something wrong there, or the problem 
> is
> something else.
>
> I can start wmaker using startxwin.sh and startx - no problem with this.
> Just startxwin.bat is the problem and just with wmaker.
>
> I'm really sorry if this is the wrong mailing list, or this is a real bug I
> should have reported somewhere else. I just think this is probably not a 
> bug,
> because wmaker is running fine when started from the bash.
>
> Thanks very much for any help.
>
> Cheers,
> Klaus
>
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