Also almost there..

[Suhaib M. Siddiqi]

Points 
to /usr/bin/X1 huh?
I bet 
you are making good soup of binaries of msvc compiled stuff rom contrib 
directory and xfree86 stuff from
xc-4-binaries directory at Cygwin/XFree  FTP 
server.
 
There 
should be no XF86Config file.  It is not needed by XWIN.  The port was 
done in a way that Windows
does 
not require XF86Config file.  XF86Config file basically contains your 
video, mouse and monitor info
on a 
Linux box.  On Windows, we get that info by using DirectInput/DirectX, 
therefore not needed.
 
Suggestions:
 
1) 
Delete everything under \cygwin\usr\X11R6
2) 
DOWNLOAD *bz2 archives of precompiled binaris from ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries
3) 
under \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin edit startxwin.bat and correct the drive letters in 
PATH for your installation
4) 
Open a DOS shell
5) cd 
\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
6) 
type startxwin
7) get 
a cup of coffee and enjoy if you get it working, if not post exact error 
messages from the console window
 
Suhaib
 

  -----Original Message----- From: 
  cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com 
  [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Hans 
  Göebel Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:38 AM To: 
  cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com Subject: RE: Also almost 
  there..
  Suhaib,
   
  Thanks for your help. I tried your suggestion to 
  run startxwin.bat from the DOS prompt. I first ha dto chage the path mentioned 
  in it; it now points to /usr/bin/X11, which does not exist. After that, the 
  resuly was the same as before.
  What puzzles me is that there is not a XF86config 
  file in my cygwin directory structure; is it not required for 
  XWin?
  Thanks again, any suggestions what to try 
  next?
   
  >>L.S. > >>I have a problem 
  that looks a bit like the one reported recently by John Turner; however, the 
  solution outlined for 
  >>him does not work for me. >>This 
  is what I did: >>- installed Cygwin 1.1.4 on my machine (PIII, TNT2 
  video card). This was the first time I used Cygwin, so no chance >>for 
  B20.1 or other versions. > > >I hope people stop thinking of 
  B20.1.  That word is engraved in some user mind >so deep that 
  Cygwin can be on B20.1 but nothing else??? > > >>- 
  downloaded all xfree86-4.0-* tar.bz2 files >>- untarred into toplevel 
  cygwin dir, so installation is under /usr/X11R6 >>- added 
  /usr/X11R6/bin and /usr/X11R6/lib in front of the path in /etc/profile; the 
  path is OK according to bash. >>- entered "startxwin.bat" at the bash 
  prompt.(XWin -screen 8 1024x768x16 has the same effect) > >You DO 
  NOT enter startxwin.bat at the BASH prompt.  That is your 
  problem. >The batch files are for DOS.  For BASH, use startx script 
  which ships with xfree86. OR WRITE >YOUR 
  OWN. > > >>A few DOS boxes with xwin, xterm etc. flash 
  over the screen, then the screen becomes black, with just a small 
  >>>hour->glass shaped cursor, which can be moved around. For the 
  rest, the machine is completely frozen, only >the reset 
  >>button gets it alive 
  again. >>Two times there was a "lost cluster" on the disk after 
  reboot that contained a listing of messages just as John >>reported, 
  apart that the text stops after "error opening security policy 
  file >>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy". >>I did a 
  few experiments to see what could be happening: >>- I did rebuild all 
  font .dir files as recommended to John, but this does not help. >>- 
  it looks like the Xserver is running, trying to point an xterm from a linux 
  box did not give any errors on the 
  >>linux side, only nothing was visible at 
  the windws side! >>- the xterm on the cygwin/windows machine does 
  work with the MIX Xserver,only it reports that sh is not available, 
  >>but I do not think this could be the problem. > >>Any 
  suggestions how to get this to work, or at least to get some more info 
  (logfiles etc) about what is going >wrong? >>Any configuration 
  files that should be changed?