can not start 'startx' from the prompt and missing files
kiwhan chung
kiwhan@hotmail.com
Tue Apr 22 17:02:00 GMT 2003
Howdy,
I am posting two questions thinking the two may be related.... I appreciate
your help. Kiwhan
Question 1:
I am trying to find out why command 'startx' at the prompt gives me an error
message and won't start the xwindow. Cygwin1.dll is installed only in
C:\cygwin\bin. Below is the error message on the screen.
>$ startx
>
>xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH
>
>Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and
>that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
>for your display. Possible server names include:
>
> XFree86 XFree86 displays
>
>giving up.
>xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
>xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Question 2:
My .xinitrc file in my home directory says this. My question is...
shouldn't I have the .Xresources and .Xmodmap files in the
/usr/X11R6/X11/xinit directory also? I checked and I don't have that
directory at all.
>$ more .xinitrc
>#!/bin/sh
># $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
># PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
>userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
>usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
>sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources <============
>??>sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap <================= ??
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