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Re: XWin Server shortcut broken
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:54:51 -0400
- Subject: Re: XWin Server shortcut broken
- References: <200906101447.17520.frank.hess@nist.gov> <4A3928AA.8000808@dronecode.org.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:32:26PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>Frank Mori Hess wrote:
>
>> I did an install of cygwin/x and the xwin server shortcut it installs in the
>> start menu didn't work. I had to go into its properties and set the "Start
>> in:" field to C:\
>>
>> This may be due to the fact that my home directory is at H:\
>>
>> Running the command
>>
>> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/startxwin.bat
>>
>> from the command prompt doesn't work if my current drive is H:\ but it does
>> work if I am on the C:\ drive.
>
>Thanks for the bug report. This is a pretty obvious defect in the postinstall
>script which writes the shortcut, which means the shortcut fails when the
>cygwin installation and user profile are on different drives.
Actually, it's been a shortcoming since startxwin.bat was first introduced.
cgf
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