out of environment space

[Michael Inman]

Dear Suhaib,

Many thanks for your help.  I added the extra line to my config.sys
file, as you suggested, and lo and behold, xfree86 now runs fine.

Also, thanks for the pointer to Fabio Somenzi's script.

Best,

Michael

p.s. I really appreciate the efforts of the cygwin/xfree86
developers.  It's really great to have x with cygwin.  :)


> > > In reply to Suhaib Siddiqi's message (below):
> > > 
> > > I'm using 1.3.1 -- I haven't had a chance to install 1.3.2 yet.
> > > 
> > > Anyway, your reply brings up a question that had been 
> > > puzzling me.  You
> > > mention cygwin in your reply, but according to the FAQ, one runs
> > > startxwin.bat from the "Windows Explorer", i.e., not under 
> > > cygwin, so it
> > > wouldn't matter if I had any version of cygwin on my system, which I
> > > never understood.
> > > 
> > > So, maybe I should be running it from cygwin?  Can I run .bat files
> > > under cygwin?
> > > 
> 
> phew busy day at work... sorry I did not answer your all the questions.
> You cannot run startxwin.bat from a bash shell, but you can use startx
> script.
> startxwin.bat is for DOS shell.  You can also write you own script if
> you want for a bash shell.... an example of a good script is from Fabio
> Somenzi
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg01991.html
> 
> Suhaib
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Cygwin/XFree86 is compiled using Cygwin, therefore it uses 
> > Cygwin1.dll....
> > therefore it matters which version of cygwin are you using :-)
> > 
> > 
> > Suhaib
> > 
> > > Sorry I'm so confused.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Michael
> > > 
> > > > To: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com'" 
> > > <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com> 
> > > >      Subject: RE: out of environment space 
> > > >      From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com> 
> > > >      Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:34:59 -0400 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Which version of Cygwin are you using?  The out of env 
> > > issue was fixed in
> > > > Cygwin long time ago?
> > > > If you are still getting it with Cygwin 1.3.2, add the 
> > > following to your
> > > > config.sys and reboot
> > > > shell=C:\Command.com /e:4096 /p
> > > > 
> > > > If you a very old version of Cygwin, you must upgrade.
> > > > 
> > > > /B is not supported under Windows 9x/ME.  It is supported 
> > > only undet NT/2000
> > > > complain to Microsoft for making DOS shells options 
> > > incompatible among
> > > > different
> > > > windows platforms
> > > > 
> > > > Suhaib
> > > 
> >