X apps won't start

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> > > I've tried the above from a bash shell and I'm still getting
> this error
> > > about application not intialising properly.
> > >
> >
> > Have you not, by chance, also downloaded
> > cygwin-xfree-x11r6.4-cygwin-B20.1.tar.bz2
> > and installed it?  If yes, this could be your cause of problem.
>
> Yes, but I've since deleted the /usr/X11R6 directory tree before untarring
> the xfree* files. Does the above tar ball put stuff else where?

It puts in /usr/X11R6.

Which version of Cygwin1.dll? uname -a will give the info.

Suhaib

>
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> Tony.
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