Cannot start X

[Harold L Hunt II]

Martin,

Glad I could help.  It was actually Sylvain Petreolle that answered your 
question... I just helped you understand what that answer meant.  :)

Harold

Martin Rausche wrote:

>Harold,
>
>THANKS! That was the cause of my problems. There was a copy under
>WINNT :-(
>
>X is working now.
>
>Martin.
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
>>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II
>>Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 07:52
>>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>Subject: Re: Cannot start X
>>
>>
>>Martin,
>>
>>You need to search your computer for ``cygwin1.dll'' and remove any
>>copies that are not in your Cygwin directory.  You must search *all
>>directories* on your computer for cygwin1.dll.  The following
>>FAQ entry
>>gives a little additional information on the problem:
>>
>>http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-sta
>>tus-access-violation
>>
>>Harold
>>
>>Martin Rausche wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>The question is where do I get a current one and where do I have to
>>>replace it. Cygwin setup doesn't seem to update this file, because I
>>>have all current versions installed via setup. Can I replace that
>>>file manually? Can I download it as a single file from somewhere?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>Martin.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
>>>>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Sylvain Petreolle
>>>>Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 02:13
>>>>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>>>Subject: Re: Cannot start X
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system.
>>>>--- Martin Rausche <mrausche@gmx.de> a écrit : > Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I
>>>>>say
>>>>>"startx" in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>is titled
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>"xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found" and the according message says
>>>>>"The
>>>>>procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>the dynamic
>>    
>>
>>>>>link
>>>>>library cygwin1.dll".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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