basic stuff

[Harold Hunt]

Ling,

> error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy

You can ignore this; everybody gets this warning, it is not important, nor
is it the cause of any problems.

> Could not init font path element
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from li
> st!

Did you use WinZip et al to untar the Cygwin/XFree86 archives?  WinZip and
other Windows archive programs will not correctly unzip the Cygwin/XFree86
archives.  You must unpack the archives as documented in the User's Guide:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/howto/cygwin-xfree-ug.html

Specifically:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/howto/cygwin-xfree-installing.html

> meanwhile, here's another problem:
> when xfree86 starts, it annoyingly uses usr/sh as its
> shell, I would like to use bash but don't want to run
> it everytime I start xfree86? any solution?

Search the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing list archive... this question has been
ansked and answered several times.

Thank you for your interest in the project,

Harold