Re: X and startx

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

Dave,
    I suggest you check what tarball creates /etc/profile, and if none
do, make a patch for cygwin's main setup.exe - I'm pretty sure something
like this will get accepted ;]

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cook" <duck@caveduck.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Fw: X and startx


> Regarding getting /usr/X11R6/bin on the path, I'd prefer to be as
*nix-like as possible,
> while making things easy for J. Random User if we can.
>
> This means getting /usr/X11R6/bin onto $PATH in /etc/profile. I am
right now
> looking at a running RH7.1 system that contains at the top of
/etc/profile:
>
> if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -q "/usr/X11R6/bin" ; then
>   PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> fi
>
> Now the stock Cygwin /etc/profile (unlike the Linux one) actually sets
a default PATH on
> the first line via
>
> PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
>
> Fortunately this puts the important system paths ahead of anything
already defined, so
> it's OK to add /usr/X11R6/bin at the top.
>
> Thus if I were writing the XFree86/Cygwin install script I'd probably
add the above
> snippet right at the top of /etc/profile (checking first to see if
it's already present).
>
> It is important for consistency to put the X bin directory on the path
*before* any of the
> /etc/profile.d/*.sh are run.  Otherwise introducing those into Cygwin
could have
> un-Unix-like consequences.
>
> BTW here are simple .xinitrc and .xserverrc files that work fine for
me via the startx /
> xinit mechanism.  They presume that /usr/X11R6/bin is already on the
path:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> # ~/.xinitrc
> # This should start initial xterms and the window manager.
> # Start the window mgr *last* and don't run it in the background...
> #   when xinit exits, X closes.
> #
>
> # Use xsetroot to put a decent solid background on the root window
> #   The default pseudo-gray generates severe moires for me...YMMV
> #   Color names are defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
> # Faster and more reliable to do this before launching any xterms
> xsetroot -solid darkgreen
>
> # start an xterm
> xterm -e /usr/bin/bash &
> #rxvt -e /usr/bin/bash &
>
> # Start a window manager, and leave it in the foreground.
> # twm comes with XFree86/Cygwin, and vtwm is also available.
> twm
>
>
> #! /bin/sh
> # ~/.xserverrc
> # X server startup file.  Used by xinit (via startx).
> # if you 'exec' the server, X starts 10-15 sec faster than if you
don't.
> #
> exec xwin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -engine 4
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
>
>