XWin startup problem

[Simon Marchese]

cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com wrote on 19/10/2004 11:11:28:

 > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Simon Marchese wrote:
 >
 > >
 > > Ok, I have emailed the file as attachment directly.
 >
 > I've not recieved it yet
 >
 > > I did not know before about the mount "mode". The following is
 > what I can get from "mount" as soon as I start cygwin:
 > >
 > > $ mount
 > > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (textmode)
 > > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (textmode)
 > > C:\cygwin on / type user (textmode)
 > > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
 > > e: on /cygdrive/e type user (textmode,noumount)
 > >
 > > So my next question is the following: if binmode is possible, how
 > can I make the cygwin start script (C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat) mount it's
 > standard mounts in binmode? And even if I wanted to, would that be a
 > good thing?
 >
 >
 > It is only needed once:
 > mount -buf $(cygpath -m /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts) 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
 >
 > This will change the font directory to binmode. Maybe you have to
 > reinstall the
 > fonts.
 >
 > bye
 >    ago
 > --
 >  Alexander.Gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de
 >  http://www.gotti.org           ICQ: 126018723

This worked. Many thanks. Maybe it would be a good idea to add as a 
"last resort" to the FAQ?

Simon.