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Re: HELP, xinit failure
- From: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <dave at aps5 dot ph dot bham dot ac dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, rodmedina at cantv dot net
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 14:24:47 +0100 (BST)
- Subject: Re: HELP, xinit failure
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <dave at aps5 dot ph dot bham dot ac dot uk>
> From: "Rodrigo Medina" <rodmedina@cantv.net>
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: HELP, xinit failure
> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 08:48:02 -0400
> Hello,
> After updating XFree86, xinit no longer works.
> A WINDOWS alert window appears telling that LIBICE.DLL cannot be found.
> Can somebody tell me if that library is a windows library or if it is a
> cygwin/xfree library?
> In the last case, in what package is it included?
It's in XFree86-lib-compat - see below.
> Thanks in advance.
> Rodrigo Medina.
>
I suspect you have two problems:
1. Your X11 binaries haven't all been updated. I suggest that you
check the date of the xinit binary:
ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit.exe
If it isn't 1 August, you don't have the current version. To fix this,
close down all cygwin processes then launch setup. Reinstall the
latest version of the XFree86-bin package.
2. You may also lack the compatibility package, which ensures that 'old'
(i.e. pre-upgrade) X11 binaries will continue to work. From setup, select the
following package for installation:
XFree86-lib-compat.