cygwin/xfree86 startup problem

[Philip Blood]

I had a problem exactly like the one below except I did install everything
in C drive in the proper directories.  The only thing I can thin is that I
downloaded the cygwin setup.exe to a zip and ran it and downloaded the files
to the zip.  Then I copied setup.exe and all the cygwin files directly to
c:/cyginstall.  Then I ran setup.exe again, this time choosing to install
from local directory to c:/cygwin. Then I copied the zipped xfree binaries
from my zip to c:/cygwin/tmp.  Then I installed cygwin/xfree86 exactly
according to the users guide, but when I doubleclicked on startxwin.bat, I
got the error it could not find cygwin1.dll even though I could see it
sitting there in c:/cygwin/bin.  There were also messages in the terminal
about not being able to locate Xwin, Xterm, and twm.

Editing the path to explicitly include c:\ does nothing in my case.  I am
also using Windows 98SE.

Phil Blood

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Harold L Hunt
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:27 AM
> To: willichnicht habichnet; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with setup.exe in
> win98SE
>
>
> First: Wrong mailing list.  Send all Cygwin/XFree86 questions to
> cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com.  I have redirected this discussion to the correct
> mailing list, but be careful to remove cygwin@cygwin.com from the ``cc''
if
> you reply to this message.
>
> Second: Read the extensive comments in startxwin.bat that talk about
> CYGWIN_ROOT.  Not specifying a drive causes the path to reference \cygwin
on
> the current drive (such as c:\cygwin, or d:\cygwin).  You have to run
> startxwin.bat from the same drive that Cygwin is installed on, or it won't
get
> the correct drive letter.
>
> startxwin.bat has been using this path setting system for over a year (I
> think) and not a *single* person has reported a problem with it until
today.
> You must be doing something on your system that other users thought better
of
> (such as running startxwin.bat from the d drive, or from a network drive,
when
> Cygwin is installed on the c drive).

I have to disagree.  Absence of complaints does not imply absence of errors.
Many people become "used to" buggy software that only works if you don't
deviate
from the well-trodden path.  That's no excuse to fail to fix a known
problem.

The comments you mention:
REM
REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume
REM that Cygwin is installed in a directory called 'cygwin' in the root
REM directory of the current drive.  You will only need to modify
REM CYGWIN_ROOT if you have installed Cygwin in another directory.  For
REM example, if you installed Cygwin in \foo\bar\baz\cygwin, you will need
REM to change \cygwin to \foo\bar\baz\cygwin.
REM
REM This batch file will almost always be run from the same drive (and
REM directory) as the drive that contains Cygwin/XFree86, therefore you will
REM not need to add a drive letter to CYGWIN_ROOT.  For example, you do
REM not need to change \cygwin to c:\cygwin if you are running this
REM batch file from the C drive.
REM
don't explain what is wrong with adding a drive lettter, only that
it "almost always" works because the drive letter already matches.

You need the drive letter to make an absolute path.
(By the way, "." is redundant in a Windows path anyway.)

>
> Harold
>
>
> willichnicht habichnet <tbb_666@yahoo.com> said:
>
> > i installed cygwin/XFree86 with the recommended
> > setup.exe in win98SE.
> > starting X with startxwin.bat resulted in
> > errormessages like "cygwin1.dll not found" etc.
> > in startxwin.bat there was a line "SET
> > CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin" which seemed to be incorrect
> > because theres no drive given.
> > after editing it to "SET CYGWIN_ROOT=c:\cygwin"
> > (installation path) everything works fine.
> > i installed it on a win2000 too without these problems
> > but on an other win98-system same corrupted
> > startxwin.bat was there.
> > i have not tried an other installation directory or
> > drive.
> > this message is only for information; i need no other
> > solution.
> >
> > Michael Heide
> >
> >