xfree86 install makes wininit not working

[Harold Hunt]

Robert,

Cygwin's setup.exe doesn't use wininit.ini, does it?  I'm going to guess
that the answer is something along the lines of "no way in hell", but I
figure I had better check with you.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:04 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: xfree86 install makes wininit not working
>
>
> And here it begins...
>
> Cygwin/XFree86 has its own mailing list:  cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com.
>
> If you want help you should ask the experts.
>
> I've redirected this message there.
>
> cgf
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 03:59:32AM +0200, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I wanted to update my existing Xfree86-4.2.0-1
> >installation.
> >So i choose a "default" Xfree86 installation.
> >All files downloaded correct,
> >and i was told that everything was ok.
> >
> >But at reboot,
> >a 65497 bytes wininit.ini wants to rename/rewrite 627
> >files, and no one is replaced (wininit.ini isn't even
> >renamed to .bak)
> >
> >This damn thing makes windows write "Please wait while
> >updating your configuration files..." every time
> >I reboot if I don't rename the file.
> >could the fact that wininit.ini is too big make it
> >fail ?
> >
> >I'm running it under Windows Me.