default X wm + .LIBX11.DLL missing

[Harold L Hunt II]

David,

You need to run Cygiwn's setup again and select the XFree86-lib-compat 
package.

Harold

Larry Hall wrote:
> David Selby wrote:
> 
>> Hello
>>
>> Last query for a while, don't want to wear you guys out ... Everything 
>> is OK, got bash, vim, rxvt working as I want them but I have one last 
>> problem ...
>>
>> I have installed X.
>>
>> When I executed "startx" It paused, then booted X, and booted into a 
>> window manager. All OK
>>
>> Problem 1... I decided to change the window manager to openbox 
>> (apparently related to blackbox?) so I found
>> /etc/x11/xinit/xinitrc, deleted the window manager & typed in openbox. 
>> Stupid in the extreme, I should have #d it out.... what is the default 
>> window manager for startx ?
>>
>> Problem 2... openbox does not want to work. X starts & I get a popup 
>> "A required .DLL file LIBX11.DLL was not found" ... mmm .... I went to 
>> windows update, updated my adged 98SE & tried again. Same message. I 
>> tried starting openbox without startx, assumed it would call startx & 
>> maybe be happier, zip, just same message again.
>>
>> At a guess cygwin is fine, and 98SE is lacking a "DLL?" If this is the 
>> case Its a windows problem and OT. I will go contact some windows 
>> gurus ! Before I do that can anyone confirm this is a windows problem ?
> 
> 
> No libX11 is an X DLL so that would be Cygwin.  See
> <http://cygwin.com/packages/> to find which package this is in and
> install it.
> 
> BTW, this is really a question about X on Cygwin so it should go to
> cygwin-xfree.  I've redirected the conversation there and reset the
> reply-to appropriately.  Please use that list to follow-up if necessary.
>