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Re: no /etc/X11 in 4.0.3



Have you looked in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 ?
Perhaps you can make a symlink to /etc/X11.

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Michael Howard wrote:

>
> I just tried unsuccessfully to install cygwin/xfree86 4.0.3 on a clean WinME
> laptop
>
>  * as reported by several others, it starts to run, but no apps come up
>    (the lights are on, but nobody's home)
>  * I got a startup error regarding the SecurityPolicy file
>    error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
>  * this path includes a symbolic link
>    lrwxrwxrwx   1 michael  544           134 May 17 19:14 xserver ->
> ../../../.././
>    etc/X11/xserver
>  * there was no etc/X11 directory created as part of the tar installation
> process
>  * mkfontdir.tar creates cygwin/etc/X11/...
>    seems like a bug
>    - I did a mv /cygwin/etc/X11 /etc
>  * none of the tarballs reference the SecurityPolicy file, but it is
> included
>    alongside the .bz2 files in the distribution
>  * I created the /etc/X11/xserver directory by hand and put the
> SecurityPolicy file
>    in there.
>  * The SecurityPolicy error message went away
>  * But xterm still doesn't work
>
> Please advise
> mth
>
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