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Re: can not start 'startx' from the prompt and missing files


Hi,

first, the user local .xinitrc is not a must. you have it or not, you
should be able to start xwindows unless you have problem with your
xinitrc.

second, i checked with /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, before it loads any
resource file, it always check if that resource file exists or not, like

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

so if you have the right xinitrc, you should not see the error like
'file not found'

third, there're no the system modmap/resources files .Xresources and
.Xmodmap under either /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ or
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ from a standard cygwin installation, i think. 

so maybe you check the permission of your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and
temporally remove/rename your local $HOME/.xinitrc, then have another
try.

good luck!



On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 16:37, kiwhan chung wrote:
> Hey Andy,
> 
> The installation Guide on page 15 says the following.  I followed the exact 
> instruction, but still no success....
> 
> ========================================
> startx - Use the standard XFree86 startx script with its attendant 
> ~/.xinitrc configuration file. First you need to create ~/.xinitrc from the 
> template in /etc/X11/xinit/:
> 
> Username at CygwinHost ~
> $ cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
> 
> 
> Now you may customize ~/.xinitrc and start Cygwin/XFree86 with:
> 
> Username at CygwinHost ~
> $ cd /usr/X11R6/bin && startx
> 
> 
> Or, you can run startx by first adding /usr/X11R6/bin/ to the search path:
> 
> Username at CygwinHost ~
> $ PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
> 
> Username at CygwinHost ~
> $ startx
> 
> 
> Or, you can run startx by first changing directories to /usr/X11R6/bin/:
> 
> Username at CygwinHost ~
> $ cd /usr/X11R6/bin
> 
> Username at CygwinHost /usr/X11R6/bin
> $ startx
> 
> =======================
> 
> I copied the .xinitrc file from /etc/X11/xinit/ and it was in this .xinitrc 
> file that some of the variables defined in the file ( 
> sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources and 
> sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap ) weren't found.
> 
> BTW, whether I add the PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin in the .xinitrc file or not 
> didn't make difference.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kiwhan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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