XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging - a clarification

[Harold L Hunt II]

Paul,

Did you see my reply?  I said to skip the XFree86-bin-icons package as a 
work-around or to delete a particular file.  Please read the reply and 
let me know if it helps:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00332.html

Also, you want the XFree86-startup-scripts package, and you want to use 
startxwin.bat to start XWin.exe.  Please see the following User's Guide 
section:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting-bat


Hope that helps,

Harold

Paul Thomas wrote:

> Hello once more,
> 
> The problem with the XFree85 install is associated with the 
> XFree-bin-icons package.  If I eliminate that from the list of packages, 
> I get a sufficiently complete installation that I can at least run 
> Nedit.  XWin still produces a background and nothing else.
> 
> Yours
> 
> Paul Thomas
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to load XFree86 for Cygwin, using the Cygwin web 
> installation.  I have a Compaq Athlon 1700 based machine, running 
> Windows XP home edition.
> 
> Cygwin itself is fine.  All components run perfectly, except XFree86 and 
> anything that depends on it.  The download ends in a message that it is 
> unable to find file ""; pressing OK gets the installation underway but 
> it then hangs at varying points in the installation.  I have uninstalled 
> before each attempt. Also, when I shut down Windows, the post-install 
> programme is still running and has to be stopped.   Invoking XWin, with 
> any combination of arguments results in the background coming up but 
> nothing else.
> 
> What should I do?  Try downloading and installing from hard disk?
> 
> Thank you in advance for any advice that you can give me.
> 
> Paul Thomas
>