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RE: no /etc/X11 in 4.0.3
- To: "Neil Zanella" <nzanella at cs dot mun dot ca>
- Subject: RE: no /etc/X11 in 4.0.3
- From: "Michael Howard" <miguel at howards dot org>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:22:52 -0400
- Cc: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
The xserver directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 is a symlink to
/etc/X11/xserver.
I do not have a /usr/lib/X11 directory
(on my linux box /usr/lib/X11 is a symlink to ../X11R6/lib/X11)
I'm not sure what you mean by "Perhaps you can make a symlink to /etc/X11."
Where would it go to?
Thanks,
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Neil Zanella
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 5:41 PM
To: Michael Howard
Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: 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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